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00:00So I want to start with that.
00:02You just heard us talking about Mike Sullivan.
00:05The Penguins let him go today.
00:07And after 10 years and Stanley Cups, multiple, they let him go.
00:14I don't care what stories are out there about he asked for certain things from the ownership group.
00:23And then there's other stories that he and Dubas were fine.
00:27They just thought it was time to move on.
00:30I don't know if I buy all of that on either side of that.
00:34All I know is the minute that guy is available, like the Bruins are going to hire him in two seconds, if not the Rangers.
00:41Isn't he from Boston?
00:43Like, that's where he's from, his whole family, everything.
00:46I think he's going to get a job there before he can spit.
00:49Well, first things first, good to see you, Scott.
00:52But it's kind of a prerequisite.
00:54Once you get hired in the National Hockey League as a coach, you will be rehired five times.
00:58After the fact.
01:01So, like, there's no league in which recycles coaches more than the National Hockey League.
01:06But truth be told, Scott, they set him free.
01:09It's like a get out of jail card here.
01:12Right?
01:13I mean, the Pittsburgh Penguins are a complete disaster.
01:15This franchise has been spinning its wheels.
01:17They're fortunate that Sidney Crosby is loyal to them and doesn't say, you know what, I'm out.
01:24I'm going to go end my career with my buddy Nate in Denver or whatever.
01:27I'm going to go play for the Montreal Canadiens that I grew up a fan of or anywhere, basically, besides Pittsburgh.
01:35And I tell you what, this goes to Dubas.
01:39This goes to Kyle Dubas.
01:41Dubas, guys, he was like one of these analytic dudes.
01:44Not really any hockey experience, Scott.
01:47One of these sort of, like, analytics, ahead of analytics.
01:50Boy wonder.
01:51They wanted to make him into a Theo Epstein type, right?
01:54Whatever.
01:54You know, he's one of the Alex Anthopoulos.
01:57Yeah.
01:57But if you look, the Toronto Maple Leafs spun their wheels.
02:01And he had unlimited funds with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
02:04He goes to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
02:05And I don't know.
02:06It's like, unless he's like a spy for the New York Rangers or the Flyers are trying to dismantle the Penguin organization, Scott.
02:14He's doing a pretty good job at that.
02:16Right?
02:16I mean, what are they doing?
02:17They trade players.
02:18They don't bring players in.
02:19Like, they're really in nowhere's land in this team right now.
02:23So, long story short, they did the coach a favor, to be honest.
02:25And if you're a Penguins fan, there's going to be years and years and years of misery to come.
02:31Yeah.
02:31I mean, honestly, like, it's just like getting kicked in the onions.
02:34Like, I'm just like, I saw this story.
02:36I was like, what?
02:38Why would you fire him?
02:39Like, this is as bad as the Islanders firing Barry Trotz.
02:44If you ask him, I don't care if they set him free, fired him, made love to him, gave him a dog.
02:49Yeah, but Scott, also, but also, Sullivan can only take it so long.
02:53You know, behind the scenes, very similar to Malone in Denver, right, complaining.
02:58You know, at some point, the GM's going to say, well, this is the freaking roster, bro.
03:02You got to deal with it.
03:03And, you know, it's like the movie Major Leagues, you know, so you know it was ugly behind the scenes there.
03:09I mean, let's be real.
03:10I mean, you gave Sullivan, you can't make the playoffs.
03:15The NHL is really hard, too, guys, to, like, get good when you're back.
03:19Like, it takes years and years and years, right?
03:22Like, it really does.
03:23Like, you grew up, man, you knew.
03:25The Penguins were freaking terrible.
03:27Like, you know, I remember I used to go see the Penguins games when I was a kid against the Canadians,
03:31and they'd be like, God damn, it's the Penguins.
03:33Same with the Capitals.
03:34I was like, oh, God, I got to see the Capitals again.
03:37And then, you know, Mario saved them, right?
03:40Mario saved them.
03:41And then you got Sidney Crosby, very similar to the Coward Tomlin, Scott, this natural torch that ate up 20, 25 years, 30 years of time.
03:52That's over now, bro.
03:53It's coming to an end right now.