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Penguins Update: Is Rutger McGroarty a Good Fit for Mike Sullivan (and Vice Versa)?

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And Lord knows, I’ve been wrong about things a time or two (or three).

With that proviso, I have this terrible foreboding that we’re, or more specifically—coach Mike Sullivan—is going to botch the development of recently acquired blue-chip prospect Rutger McGroarty.

Perhaps I’m guilty of reading tea leaves that aren’t there. But for lack of a better way to express it, at first blush the former University of Michigan standout doesn’t appear to be a “Sully guy.”

What do I mean by that? Sullivan and his system crave speed. Check that…they demand it.