Since taking over the coaching reins two years ago, Mike Sullivan's no-nonsense, "just play" approach has worked miracles in Pittsburgh. The two large Stanley Cup championship banners that hang from the rafters at PPG Paints Arena can attest to that.
But Year 3 of the Sullivan Era has brought significant challenges that no one quite foresaw when this most inconsistent season started. Due to defections in free agency, a lack of secondary scoring and his team's poor play at even strength, Sullivan's Penguins are looking less like the Islanders of the 1980s and more like the Kings of 2014-15.
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