Mike Sullivan - A lock for the Jack Adams?

[Shrimper]

Ridiculous number of injuries, most to key players throughout the year. At times playing with a number of callups yet somehow 1 point behind the Capitals for the Met and, if they won their 3 games in hand, they'd be 1 behind Tampa.

Sirely it's his award this year?

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[Black Kevin]

Cassidy, Bednar and Tocchet are my top-3 as of now.

 

[BigEezyE22]

Should be between Sully and Torts, with personal biases amongst the voters deciding who ends on top.

 

[supsens]

if Columbus makes the playoffs im not sure anyone else should win this one.

 

[Pengwins]

Torts shouldn’t be in contention for being the biggest whiner in the NHL

 

[BigEezyE22]

Torts shouldn’t be in contention for being the biggest whiner in the NHL

Hes no Julien.

 

[Tofveve]

Everybody including me kind of forget about Pittsburgh. Watch them win another cup lol.

 

[The Shovel Penguin]

Not sure why Torts would get greater consideration than Sullivan would as of now. Pens have more man games lost and are higher in the standings than the Jackets are. Both worth nominations, though. But as far as the people actually voting, they might have their own criteria, preference for team improvement or outstanding regular season team performance. Either way Sully's been outstanding.

 

[PensandCaps]

Torts

 

[SotasicA]

Not sure why Torts would get greater consideration than Sullivan would as of now.

A perennial contender loaded with superstars vs a team everybody thought would be a bottom feeder after losing Panarin, Bob, Duchene, Dzingel. People ranked the Jackets at the absolute bottom. Nobody had them anywhere near the playoffs. Check pre-season predictions.

That's why.

 

[HabsQC]

Not sure why Torts would get greater consideration than Sullivan would as of now. Pens have more man games lost and are higher in the standings than the Jackets are. Both worth nominations, though. But as far as the people actually voting, they might have their own criteria, preference for team improvement or outstanding regular season team performance. Either way Sully's been outstanding.

Well I'm sure the jackets have more man man games lost if you count Duchene, Bobrovsky, Panarin and Dzingle not playing for them

 

[BergyTime37]

I'm thinking Torts is a lock like many said if they do indeed make the playoffs. He's doing a great job with that team, especially seeing they lost their top 4 players to Free Agency.

 

[The Shovel Penguin]

Well I'm sure the jackets have more man man games lost if you count Duchene, Bobrovsky, Panarin and Dzingle not playing for them

Fair enough. I'm not really going to lose sleep over it if it goes to Torts or someone else.

 

[Viqsi]

Ridiculous number of injuries, most to key players throughout the year. At times playing with a number of callups yet somehow 1 point behind the Capitals for the Met and, if they won their 3 games in hand, they'd be 1 behind Tampa.

Sirely it's his award this year?

We've had similar "Tortorella is surely a lock" speculation over here. I'm reasonably certain it's going to one of those two.

 

[Gfroer]

Torts probably deserves it if CBJ makes the playoffs but if the Pens win the division I could see it going either way.

Tippett is probably in the conversation as well especially if they win the division without McDavid for most of the stretch run.

Bowness is a dark horse for me considering the circumstances of his appointment and the fact that I thought Dallas and their ancient roster were going to be terrible this season. They turned around their awful start before Montgomery was let go but Bowness deserves a lot of credit for keeping the ship pointed in the right direction ever since.

 

[Empoleon8771]

Like others have said, only Tortorella and Sullivan make sense if you're actually judging the award based on how it should be awarded. If the Jackets miss the playoffs, it should be Sullivan. If the Jackets make it, it should be Tortorella unless the Penguins win the President's trophy. At that point, it may get really interesting.

 

[oilynutz]

Tippett should be getting some consideration as well.

 

[Peat]

I think Sully should be the front runner at this stage, I think what's he done to turnaround last season's team and get consistency out of a team that's always changing and usually 10m+ under the cap in term of the on ice roster any given day is remarkable, but a lock with 20+ games to go? Nope. Things could still go sour for him. Things could still go amazingly for the coaches that are close.

I'd also wonder if, should it be a close race between him and Torts, whether it mightn't go to Sully simply because Torts has 2 and Sully's done some outstanding work without credit, because voters are like that sometimes.

 

[tony d]

Given the injuries the Penguins have had this year, to see their success I think he'd at the very least be a finalist for the award.

 

[Coffey]

Given the injuries the Penguins have had this year, to see their success I think he'd at the very least be a finalist for the award.

This x1000000

Absolutely f***ing insane to see where the Pens are in the standings with the injuries they've had.
What an absurd team.

 

[LarKing]

Blash should get some consideration.

 

[gtrower]

He’s not even the favorite? Finalist for sure though.

 

[Gunnersaurus Rex]

Tippet. No contest. Taking one of the worst teams in the league last year to currently first in the Pacific, on pace for 98 points and a playoff spot.

 

[McSpecial DraiBlend]

Torts has to be up there imo.

 

[DearDiary]

A perennial contender loaded with superstars vs a team everybody thought would be a bottom feeder after losing Panarin, Bob, Duchene, Dzingel. People ranked the Jackets at the absolute bottom. Nobody had them anywhere near the playoffs. Check pre-season predictions.

That's why.

Pens have iced one of the worst rosters in the league for a decent portion of this season. AHL players everywhere, McCann playing 2C, Jack Johnson as a top pairing D, Kessel replaced for the teams worst player etc.

Columbus has lost talent to FA, but they haven't iced liabilities every game from top to bottom