"One of the things we really tried to place a focus on was the start and assure that we had a good energetic start. We kept the game simple, we played behind them ... and I thought we accomplished that."
This was Mike Sullivan, minutes after his Penguins eventually overcame the Canadiens, 5-3, Wednesday night at PPG Paints Arena. And I was fairly certain in that moment that I'd never disagreed with any of his assessments half as much as that one.
Until the next came.
"I thought the first period was really good."
Yikes.
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So given Sullivan's enormous edge in expertise, plus a track record of never being wrong, I'm perfectly fine for now in assuming that I'm the one who's wrong in having hated nearly everything I witnessed in that period.
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