About time.
And best of all, now that the Penguins and Mike Sullivan have put pen to paper on a four-year extension that keeps him behind the bench here for another half-decade, he can once again become precisely what he espouses of his players: A hard coach to go against.
Meaning from within, as well.
Not to over-dramatize and paint this as some sort of coup, but let's be real: Every Jim Rutherford remark, every move, every subtle push suggested at those management meetings in Vancouver last month, every emotional sentiment expressed since this occurred .