{"id":503757,"date":"2026-03-14T23:24:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/503757\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T23:24:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T23:24:36","slug":"mike-sullivan-needs-to-harp-on-one-strength-in-this-rangers-retool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/503757\/","title":{"rendered":"Mike Sullivan needs to harp on one strength in this Rangers retool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ST. PAUL, Minn. \u2014 Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan developed a reputation for managing egos and personalities, as well as fostering sincere relationships with his players, over his decade with the Penguins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This trait certainly played a role in his hiring in New York last year, after the Blueshirts dismissed three head coaches in a span of just under four years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It certainly helped secure his position as head coach of the United States men\u2019s hockey team for both the 2022 Beijing Olympics \u2014 before the NHL ultimately pulled out \u2014 and the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/02\/22\/sports\/usa-wins-olympic-gold-46-years-after-miracle-with-ot-win-over-canada\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2026 Milan Cortina Winter Games<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As the Rangers embark on this retooling phase, Sullivan must lean into that aspect of his coaching style.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ST. PAUL, Minn. \u2014 Rangers head coach Mike Sullivan developed a reputation for managing egos and personalities, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503758,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5111],"tags":[5,2685,2310,3328,35,5190,5193,4,36,43,350,336],"class_list":{"0":"post-503757","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york-rangers","8":"tag-hockey","9":"tag-j-t-miller","10":"tag-mike-sullivan-nhl","11":"tag-new-york","12":"tag-new-york-rangers","13":"tag-newyork","14":"tag-newyorkrangers","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-rangers","17":"tag-sports","18":"tag-sports-columnists","19":"tag-sports-plus"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116230112166006545","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503757","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503757\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503758"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}