«That was Sullivan’s great challenge taking over the Penguins in December of 2015, they were an absolute unmitigated disaster at that point. There was even legitimate talk of Sidney Crosby leaving. Things were that bad,» Kingerski told Forever Blueshirts on the RINK RAP podcast. «But Sullivan very quickly, within a couple months of taking over, changed the systems, changed the mindset, changed everything to a platform that suited his team very well.

«If he can get back to that part of his coaching acumen, I would think that he is the perfect coach for the Rangers to sort out some of these problems.»