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 each 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 may need to go the place they wish to go.
NHL groups with teaching vacancies from NHL Community. Earlier than Rick Tocchet introduced he wasn’t returning to Vancouver.
Now I believe, as you guys have been speaking about, Mike Sullivan goes to have numerous capacity to choose his routes. He had two extra years beneath 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 utterly agree with that each one of you guys have been speaking about, is that there may be some at the moment employed coaches who could be made a bit of nervous by this. I believe that, you recognize, you’d in case you didn’t have a gap, however you had curiosity in Mike Sullivan, you’d a minimum of wish to give it some thought and discover it.
So, I do suppose that this despatched tremors via the teaching world at this time, within the sense that now this very massive title is out there. It undoubtedly modifications the panorama.
However guys like, I obtained to let you know, I obtained it, I simply don’t know after the season that they had this 12 months, the Rangers aren’t on the forefront of this. Ensuring that no one goes to do a greater job of courting Mike Sullivan than they’re. In 2021 when Chris Drury obtained the job, you recognize, earlier than he employed Gerard Galant, he made positive that Mike Sullivan was not going to be accessible.
They only labored collectively on the 4 Nations. And, you recognize, I heard some criticism of Sullivan’s teaching over the previous few years. If anyone had any questions on him, watching him coach and put together and run that group at that match. I do know there have been numerous nice gamers on that group. However it simply, I believe it ought to have reminded all people, you recognize, Sullivan is a hell of a coach.
And after the 12 months the Rangers simply had, I can not think about them permitting anybody to outdo themselves within the pursuit of Sullivan right here, than the Rangers will.”
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