The Penguins will not be renewing the contacts of assistant coaches Jacques Martin, Mark Recchi and Sergei Gonchar.
“We are in the process of conducting a review of our organization because we have underperformed in the playoffs the last few years,” Jim Rutherford said, in a statement released by the team. “We just thought we needed to change the dynamic of our coaching staff. We have very high standards here in Pittsburgh, and we want to continue competing for Stanley Cups. The message to our fans is that ‘We are not rebuilding, we’re re-tooling.