Who Will get Fired First: Jim Montgomery or Mike Sullivan?
Dennis Bernstein of the Fourth Period 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 hold them there, proper? And I feel while you have a look at the goaltending, you look what Jarry did. I feel now Sullivan isn’t Dubas man, so if he desires 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 best.
I feel it’s mainly three Corridor of Famers and a not excellent workforce, proper? And a goaltender that you need to most likely shouldn’t have signed, that no one thought would return to Pittsburgh. That you just gave the contract in Jarry, and now he’s doing conditioning stints or no matter. I might not put this on the coach, and that coach has received 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 suppose they have been a playoff workforce.
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They’re proving it proper now. Some nights they play actually good they’ve puck possession. They received a sport in extra time the place they dominated puck place towards Anaheim. I’ll put it much less on Sullivan than on Montgomery at this time limit, however you bought to additionally win video games.
However I simply suppose that after I have a look at that roster, the Pittsburgh Penguins roster. Perhaps they’re not this unhealthy, the place the minus (now 12) aim differential they usually’re in (now .423 factors proportion, however they’re not a playoff workforce both.”
