Regardless of being one of many worst groups within the NHL when it comes to each factors gathered and factors scored, Pittsburgh Penguins common supervisor Kyle Dubas says that head coach Mike Sullivan isn’t at risk of dropping his job anytime quickly.
Actually, Dubas appears to imagine that of all of the issues improper with the Penguins proper now that teaching isn’t certainly one of them.
“Do I feel that he’s the appropriate particular person for the job now and much into the long run? I completely do,” Dubas stated, by way of Pittsburgh Hockey Now. “So, I must proceed to help the teaching employees as finest I can and assist us get this getting in the appropriate path.”
Pittsburgh is 11-12-3 with 25 factors, simply forward of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who occupy final place within the Metropolitan Division.
Protection and goaltending doesn’t appear to be the Penguins’ drawback. Goaltenders Tristan Jarry, Alex Nedeljkovi and Magnus Hellberg have mixed to give up the fewest targets of their division and the third-fewest targets within the NHL (68). Pittsburgh’s protection additionally ranks tenth in penalty-kill proportion (83.5).
