There's plenty of blame to go around and unquestionably Jank is not at the top of that list. What I'm saying however is the truth. Which is he hasn't done much of anything since the opening series. We need more from pretty much every line. Although I'm quite happy with Teddy.
First off, the mix in the top 6 is not working as well as it should and hasn’t been all season, but Sullivan won’t make the right changes there.
The 3rd line has been probably our best line all season with McCann-Blueger-Tanev.
The 4th line is just throw whatever you can on it and hope it sticks, O’Connor has looked good but never seemed to get tried with the top 6 at all, Sully gonna Sully.
Jankowski is also balls on the PK. The thing you’re missing is not so much that he’s done nothing, but he’s done absolutely nothing and Sullivan keeps playing him. Ask yourself why?
Sullivan has a hard on for his size and speed and his.....wait for it......
You have a coach that won’t put one of the best lines last season, together, instead has been trying to make a line that works in spurts, a thing again. Meanwhile, Malkin is struggling and also trying to make it work, while struggling, with Kapanen and Zucker.
Then the way they play, it’s like forward group is reading off a different play vs the defense.
Then the usage of the starter vs how he plays him like a back-up and doesn’t let him play though his mighty struggles, that low and behold, the guy they traded was also facing but was allowed to play through.
Mike Sullivan has not found a way to adapt, adjust, improve, or even show the out of the box thinking that we all thought he displayed for the first 2 cups, the last 4 seasons.
With a main core at this age, you can’t pull another Bylsma, we’re already in season 6 and 4yrs removed and the team looks awful all around but more notably, in the top 6. This is like Mike Johnston level of bad.
