2014
11.11
11.11
class="ui-droppable">When the Pittsburgh Penguins meet the New York Rangers for the first time this season at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday night, Pittsburgh general manager Jim Rutherford and coach Mike Johnston might want to pass along a thank you card to their opponents.
If the Rangers hadn't mounted their monster comeback to knock off the Penguins in the second round of last spring's NHL playoffs, incumbents Ray Shero and Dan Bylsma would probably have kept their jobs, while Rutherford and Johnston would be toiling elsewhere.
Instead, the two are an early-season NHL success story. Player personnel tweaks by Rutherford and a stronger puck-possession-based style instituted by Johnston have helped the Penguins become one of the top teams in ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins
If the Rangers hadn't mounted their monster comeback to knock off the Penguins in the second round of last spring's NHL playoffs, incumbents Ray Shero and Dan Bylsma would probably have kept their jobs, while Rutherford and Johnston would be toiling elsewhere.
Instead, the two are an early-season NHL success story. Player personnel tweaks by Rutherford and a stronger puck-possession-based style instituted by Johnston have helped the Penguins become one of the top teams in ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins