Coaching can always be a lightning rod for attention and criticism when times are tough, and Mike Sullivan is certainly in that spotlight now. The Penguins haven’t made the playoffs in two years. They haven’t won a playoff series in now six years. It’s a long ways from the days of glory in 2016 and 2017 down on Fifth Ave. these days.
(Then again, it was only three years ago when the Penguins won a very tough division and the overwhelming majority of the fanbase thought he was doing a good job. That feels like a lot longer ago given how loudly most have turned.