Sure, of course. But that's not what I mean. Trying to paint Malkin as some sort of malcontent, lazy-ass, selfish ego-monster seems to be in style lately but that doesn't make it true.
A good counter to that narrative would be like... I dunno... his entire career as a Penguin.
Managing stars egos is one of the biggest parts of a coaches job today. Malkin and Crosby won’t quit on the team if they are ticked off IMHO... some have suggested in the past they have to get coaches fired.
Not sure how I feel about that, could be true, but I’d like to believe otherwise.
Some stuff I heard about this past season with Malkin seems ego related, but Crosby picking his line mates is also ego related.
Letang playing outside the system in the playoffs and spouting off about it was ego related.
Sullivan IMHO isn’t doing his job well if his stars egos start causing issues.
He certainly got them under control when they were acting like selfish out of control babies under DB/MJ and losing their minds when agitated...
Can he start to manage their egos again? Because if they don’t believe in what he’s doing anymore, I doubt things will get better.
Guess we will see.
