It couldn’t have been easy for Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan.
Faced with a goaltending choice between the rookie who has helped carry Pittsburgh to the Eastern Conference Final and the veteran who has been the team’s starter for years and only lost the job due to injury, Sullivan opted to make a change. Thus, Marc-Andre Fleury, not Matt Murray, will be in net for Sunday’s Game 5 between Pittsburgh and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Sullivan spoke in generalities regarding the decision, as Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston reported.
“It’s an important decision for our hockey team,” Sullivan said. “We’re trying to make the best decisions that we can that we think give our team the best chance to win and that’s the direction that we chose to take for this game.”
The question is whether this is the best possible decision for the Penguins.
The case for Fleury is easy enough to make—and easier than it would have been just a few years ago. Fleury has been strong in each of the Pens&rs ...
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