CRANBERRY, Pa. -- It's not that Mike Sullivan doesn't recognize the importance of Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin to the Penguins' power play.
After all, it would be tough to overstate the value of guys who have put up 480 and 418 man-advantage points, respectively, during their careers.
And it's not as if Sullivan and his staff figure they can simply plug a couple of guys into the spots usually filled by Crosby and Malkin and have the power play produce at its customary pace.
Still, Sullivan made it clear Thursday that the Penguins won't try to completely reinvent their power play while Crosby and Malkin are unavailable because of surgeries during the offseason.