PITTSBURGH — The coaching magician named Mike Sullivan is running out of rabbits and running out of hats to pull them out of.
He has had a masterful two-year run as coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins. And almost everything he does, almost every decision he makes, seems to work out best for his hockey club.
He is, like the cagey Peter Laviolette, two wins away from his second Stanley Cup and, right now, those two wins seem almost like a mountain climb away without hiking boots for the struggling Penguins.
Through two years, Sullivan has had a near magic touch with the Penguins.