The Penguins continue to be enjoyable to watch for the first time in a long time. Sunday they were down 4-1 to Boston in the third before tying the game and then winning in OT. Tonight they were down on the road 4-2 to first place Carolina late in the third before tying it and eventually losing in the shootout (which they are very poor at unfortunately with a 1-10 record). And they did this without Sidney Crosby, injured since the Olympics, and Evgeni Malkin, serving a five game suspension for an idiotic and dangerous head-high slash on an opponent.
During the Sullivan era the Penguins blew one third period lead after another, played with no discipline, gave up innumerable odd man breaks against, and regularly took idiotic penalties. I'll say it again, Mike Sullivan is quite simply a terrible NHL coach who has lived off striking lightning in a bottle in his first two seasons with a talented Penguins team ever since. Thank God he's finally gone, now leading the Rangers into bottom feeder status. The Penguins now play with heart and discipline whereas before they had neither. Great to see, fun to watch.
