With the Penguins regular season schedule over, some focus can shift towards the end of season awards.
Pierre Lebrun at The Athletic took a pole of the general managers of the league and found Carolina’s Rod Brind’Amour to be the runaway leader for the Jack Adams award for coach of the year. However, it’s worth noting that the GM’s do not vote on the Jack Adams, but rather the broadcasters around the league.
Sullivan finished fourth among the GM straw poll voting, getting one first place vote. Along with Brind’Amour, Florida’s Joel Quenneville and Minnesota’s Dean Evason were the others to finish ahead of Sullivan.