When the announcement came that the Pittsburgh Penguins had decided to move on from Mike Johnston as the head coach, my initial reaction was approval.
At the end of the day the Penguins were not playing up to their potential, and without tremendous efforts from Marc-Andre Fleury and Evgeni Malkin the Pens would be in significantly worse shape than they are currently. Just as a reminder, they aren’t even currently in playoff position, so that is how woeful this team has performed versus expectation.
The system Johnston employed was simply not working with the personnel he had at his disposal.