Can we trade them Green? We can even throw in Rogalski!I would be annoyed if we had to give up some sort of compensation to get Sullivan.... You know, besides his pay lol
Can we trade them Green? We can even throw in Rogalski!I would be annoyed if we had to give up some sort of compensation to get Sullivan.... You know, besides his pay lol
Maybe not
If this breakup is inevitable it's in both sides' interests to have it happen sooner rather than later. NJ can't wait forever, Pitt wants to know if it needs to hire someone asap, Sullivan wants to be a FA when he's got the maximum amount of leverage.Fitz should tell Dubas to go pound sand if he requests compensation for Sullivan (if that's even allowed).
I'm sure Sullivan would love knowing that his GM was willing to get rid of him, but couldn't get the right compensation. I'm sure that would work out well keeping him on as the coach in Pittsburgh.
Not knowing anything too detailed about Sullivan, can anyone explain to me why we would be excited to get him if from fans of Pittsburgh it seems like nothing but negatives?
Thanks, just wasn't sure if it was one of those situations we see all the time where the rest of the league fans want a player/coach, and the team that has them says, have at it. "You don't know what you have." "No, you don't know what we have."His system is perfect for our current roster. The roster he has now in Pittsburgh is old and not particularly fast.
I don't know if you have The Athletic, but I found this article interesting
How Mike Sullivan's one big change made the Penguins tougher
A lot of coaches would go down with the system. Mike Sullivan has adjusted and is seeing the results with the Penguins.theathletic.com
Anything is better than Travis Green.
I don’t think McLellan will make us considerably worse. Travis Green sure did/will.
I just hope he doesn’t have us playing like LA this year though. Who are still playing like that since he left. That 1-3-1.
He didn’t have the Sharks playing that way.
I think I would accept him after having to suffer through Travis Green.
I thought this wasn’t allowed?
I have my doubts that Todd can get us over the hump. but he should still be adequate enough to not sandbag us too much. I'll worry about contending for a cup once we start making the playoffs consistently.How can they interview McLellan? That shows zero consideration for you or how much the board would have to read rants peppered “f***ing loser”.
So how about if NJ brings back Green and bumps Rogalski up to associate coach and he trains all the goalies throughout the organization? Would that optimize the team to have the best chance of success? I think you may have touched on Green as the interim coach once or twice but I can't recall.I have my doubts that Todd can get us over the hump. but he should still be adequate enough to not sandbag us too much. I'll worry about contending for a cup once we start making the playoffs consistently.
I also said the same thing about Lindy before things got too bad at the end. I said that regardless of what happens this year, I don't think Lindy could FUBAR us to where we miss the playoffs next year, provided we're not nearly as injury depleted as we were this year. Especially with a goalie upgrade(s).
I'd like to say Todd McLellan can do the same in the worst case scenario.
As long as he doesn't bring that 1-3-1 TRASH with him over from LA. He didn't do that in San Jose and I'm pretty sure he didn't do it in Edmonton either.
And Jonas Hiller still had them playing that after they sacked T-Mac.
GREEN MUST GO!So how about if NJ brings back Green and bumps Rogalski up to associate coach and he trains all the goalies throughout the organization? Would that optimize the team to have the best chance of success? I think you may have touched on Green as the interim coach once or twice but I can't recall.
I feel like Keefe will probably get a head coaching gig, unless he's fired late enough that they run out of jobs.Posted this on social, but just thinking. Is part
Of the Sullivan thing with assistants that Dubas has discussed maybe bringing in Keefe as an assistant if he is cut loose in Toronto? If I was Sullivan I wouldn’t want that given that basically paints a target on his back. Might as well let me go know while other jobs I may want are open.
The PITT job is not a very appealing one at this point. If I was Keefe I would not be interested in taking over a sinking shipKeefe seems like the logical replacement for Sullivan in Pittsburgh, but I'm only saying that because of Dubas being there now. Maybe he doesn't want any part of Keefe anymore?
They need the Pete DeBoer effect where they get their best results from the coach in his first year. Because that might be all that core is capable of at this point, if they've even got that much left in them.The PITT job is not a very appealing one at this point. If I was Keefe I would not be interested in taking over a sinking ship
Is he going to have many other options?The PITT job is not a very appealing one at this point. If I was Keefe I would not be interested in taking over a sinking ship
Is he going to have many other options?