NHL Community: Elliotte Friedman on the teaching panorama after Mike Sullivan and the Pittsburgh Penguins parted methods. Will he find yourself with the New York Rangers? (interview was additionally earlier than Rick Tocchet left the Vancouver Canucks)
** NHLRumors.com transcription
Mike Rupp: “I wish to ask you your opinion on simply the market on the market for coaches. Like did this, did which have any play on this as properly, so far as perhaps simply being the suitable timing for either side due to what groups have vacancies proper now for a coach like Mike Sullivan?”
Friedman: “Sure, I do suppose, you recognize, to begin with, I do suppose that, that’s one factor that individuals are very conscious of. Is that, the longer you maintain on to somebody, the much less of an opportunity they could must go the place they wish to go.
Now I believe, as you guys have been speaking about, Mike Sullivan goes to have a variety of skill to select his routes. He had two extra years below contract, so he can afford to be choosy if he needs to be. However you recognize the very least now, it provides Sullivan extra choices, and it permits groups to know that he’s on the market.
You understand, one factor I do fully agree with that each one of you guys have been speaking about, is that there is likely to be some presently employed coaches who could be made a bit of nervous by this. I believe that, you recognize, you’ll if you happen to didn’t have a gap, however you had curiosity in Mike Sullivan, you’ll not less than wish to give it some thought and discover it.
So, I do suppose that this despatched tremors by means of the teaching world right now, within the sense that now this very large identify is obtainable. It undoubtedly adjustments the panorama.
However guys like, I acquired to inform you, I acquired it, I simply don’t know after the season that they had this yr, the Rangers aren’t on the forefront of this. Ensuring that no person goes to do a greater job of courting Mike Sullivan than they’re. In 2021 when Chris Drury acquired the job, you recognize, earlier than he employed Gerard Galant, he made positive that Mike Sullivan was not going to be obtainable.
They simply labored collectively on the 4 Nations. And, you recognize, I heard some criticism of Sullivan’s teaching over the previous couple of years. If anyone had any questions on him, watching him coach and put together and run that workforce at that event. I do know there have been a variety of nice gamers on that workforce. Nevertheless it simply, I believe it ought to have reminded all people, you recognize, Sullivan is a hell of a coach.
And after the yr the Rangers simply had, I can’t think about them permitting anybody to outdo themselves within the pursuit of Sullivan right here, than the Rangers will.”
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