Who Will get Fired First: Jim Montgomery or Mike Sullivan?
Dennis Bernstein of the Fourth Interval joined TSN Radio in Montreal and was requested who was on the larger scorching seat Mike Sullivan in Pittsburgh or Jim Montgomery in Boston.
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Host: “So I requested you, Dennis, whose seat is hotter? Is it Jim Montgomery, or is it Mike Sullivan, who we’re going to see when the Canadiens tackle the
Penguins?”
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Dennis Bernstein: “That’s a troublesome one. I feel that the connection between Crosby and Sullivan would possibly assist maintain them there, proper? And I feel whenever you take a look at the goaltending, you look what Jarry did. I feel now Sullivan isn’t Dubas man, so if he needs to do it, he can do it. I simply, I wouldn’t put that on the coach. I put it extra on the coach in Boston, as a result of I feel that roster is healthier.
I feel it’s principally three Corridor of Famers and a not superb staff, proper? And a goaltender that it is best to in all probability shouldn’t have signed, that no one thought would return to Pittsburgh. That you simply gave the contract in Jarry, and now he’s doing conditioning stints or no matter. I’d not put this on the coach, and that coach has gained earlier than, and so I wouldn’t do it, as a result of I simply checked out that roster, and I by no means look I didn’t assume they have been a playoff staff.
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They’re proving it proper now. Some nights they play actually good they’ve puck possession. They gained a sport in extra time the place they dominated puck place in opposition to Anaheim. I’ll put it much less on Sullivan than on Montgomery at this cut-off date, however you bought to additionally win video games.
However I simply assume that after I take a look at that roster, the Pittsburgh Penguins roster. Perhaps they’re not this unhealthy, the place the minus (now 12) purpose differential they usually’re in (now .423 factors proportion, however they’re not a playoff staff both.”
