Confirmed with Link: Penguins and Mike Sullivan part ways

[HandshakeLine]

Yeah, like if the main reason people are saying they hate Kap is because he was unhappy with his job on a professional level and sought solace in booze and f***ing, I don't get it. I feel like that is way more identifiable than Sid's maniacal obsession with the minutiae of the game.

It's fine to dislike him as a player, but honestly, all this talk about how Kap hated his time on this team and wanted to simply chase tail and live large makes me like him way more as a person. :

 

[Empoleon8771]

Yeah, like if the main reason people are saying they hate Kap is because he was unhappy with his job on a professional level and sought solace in booze and f***ing, I don't get it. I feel like that is way more identifiable than Sid's maniacal obsession with the minutiae of the game.

It's fine to dislike him as a player, but honestly, all this talk about how Kap hated his time on this team and wanted to simply chase tail and live large makes me like him way more as a person. :

No one is saying they hate Kapanen? I'm saying it's stupid to blame Sullivan for "ruining him" when what ruined Kapanen is him being an alcoholic.

 

[Coastal Kev]

Hell I've been driven to crippling alcoholism just WATCHING this team... can you imagine BEING on it?!?

Can you imagine having a meathead like Sully controlling your future.... turning a player with talent into a grinder 4th liner. JOKE

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Pfffft he was just too weak to learn how to become a FUNCTIONING alcoholic!

He coulda just duct taped a goon bag inside his sports jacket like the rest of us and gone on his merry way but NOOOOOOOOOOO

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

It's always funny when people dig in and refuse to be like "Hm, guess I, random message board dork, was wrong in my assessment of that player".

 

[HandshakeLine]

f***, the last like 20 pages of this thread make being an alcoholic sex addict with tons of disposable income seem really appealing.

 

[HandshakeLine]

It's always funny when people dig in and refuse to be like "Hm, guess I, random message board dork, was wrong in my assessment of that player".

If people could admit they were wrong about things, this site would vanish like a soap bubble on a breeze.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Kap's just a shit-for-brains. I don't care if he drinks. He's a piece of trash for driving drunk, but the only thing worth talking about is how much he sucks at hockey. /shrug

And he did that all on his own. Sullivan's coaching wasn't gonna pull him outta that tailspin, but the dude very much did need serious coaching and a mentor to get his head on right and take being a professional hockey player seriously.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Yes I have now come full circle on Kapanen... dude has it figured out.

Plus just LOOK at that goofy hat collection. You know that dude is way cooler than you. That's the real reason ya'll mad.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Kap's just a shit-for-brains. I don't care if he drinks. He's a piece of trash for driving drunk, but the only thing worth talking about is how much he sucks at hockey. /shrug

Honestly, that's not even worth talking about. He's no longer here.

I'd rather just talk about how he admitted he would rather rail strange than be on a Mike Sullivan squad because it's funny and frankly, I find that pretty hard to criticize.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Honestly, that's not even worth talking about. He's no longer here.

I'd rather just talk about how he admitted he would rather rail strange than be on a Mike Sullivan squad because it's funny and frankly, I find that pretty hard to criticize.

The annual 5+ months of off-season nothingness as a Penguins fan for the past 7 seasons has us all worthy of straightjackets.

 

[ThosePuckingPenguins]

Not surprising but looking like Sullivan will be the next coach of the Rangers.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Which raises the question why they didn't do this earlier?

 

[JTG]

Going to the Rags. He can help us out big time!

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

FSG on the hook for like 2 days salary

 

[HandshakeLine]

FSG on the hook for like 2 days salary

Again, which raises the question, why wait until now to do it?

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Again, which raises the question, why wait until now to do it?

It’s probably by game so it’s really zero lol

 

[HandshakeLine]

It’s probably by game so it’s really zero lol

Yeah, I know, I just remember all sorts of chatter about how FSG was worried about having to be on the hook for a coach that wasn't coaching, etc.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Chris Drury, you now have to trade another 1st rounder and Othmann for Bryan Rust.

 

[Tasty Biscuits]

If people could admit they were wrong about things, this site would vanish like a soap bubble on a breeze.

What, people coming online to learn and/or grow, and not just to confirm their preexisting views and opinions? Madness.

 

[SEALBound]

Chris Drury, you now have to trade another 1st rounder and Othmann for Bryan Rust.

I hope Sullivan is going in with his list of demands!

1. Bryan Rust.
2. ZAR
3. Harkins

 

[JTG]

Flip Rakell. Play young guys. Profit.

I have gone to probably 10 games, but I have been casually following the team this season just because I have been busy, but I still have no idea why Rakell was on this team after the deadline. He is the antithesis of what we are trying to do here. He's a criminally underrated player around the league.

He's Jake light and it's unfortunate we couldn't figure all of this out with Jake in the fold. My appreciation for that dude has gone up 100 fold after he left. I hate when that happens.

 

[HandshakeLine]

What, people coming online to learn and/or grow, and not just to confirm their preexisting views and opinions? Madness.

I am the dreamer of dreams.

 

[Tacitus Kilgore]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see how EK does here under a coach that isn't Sullivan

 

[GilbertSeinfeld]

I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see how EK does here under a coach that isn't Sullivan

Team Sweden's coach, Whoa-oa Black Betty Sam Hallam is apparently on the list of potential Sullivan replacements.