Mike Sullivan: I’m not a Rangers candidate, all-in on Penguins

Cross Mike Sullivan’s identify off the list of potential candidates for the Rangers head teaching job.

The Penguins head coach confirmed to The Publish Wednesday morning that he’s completely invested within the Pittsburgh group, which in August signed Sullivan to a three-year contract extension via 2027.

“No, I’m beneath contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins, right here for the lengthy haul,” he stated over the telephone.

Sullivan, a former Rangers assistant coach, has been in a supporting position on the Penguins’ seek for their subsequent common supervisor, which started on the conclusion of Pittsburgh’s 2022-23 season in Could.

Since Gerard Gallant was dismissed from his head coaching responsibilities, Rangers followers haven’t been in a position to assist themselves from imagining a world the place Sullivan would come to New York.

The one time the Rangers will see Sullivan for the foreseeable future, nevertheless, will likely be on the opposing bench.

The Penguins did not qualify for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the primary time since 2006, ending the NHL’s longest postseason streak at 16 years.

Sullivan, 55, has been on the helm in Pittsburgh since he was promoted from the membership’s AHL affiliate comparatively early on within the 2015-16 season and led the franchise to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in 2016 and ’17.

Sullivan has compiled a 337-187-65 file with the Penguins.