This is not saying Mike Sullivan is moving on by any means, but something has changed in the last four to five days. Multiple sources say Sullivan went into the off-season believing he had full authority on his assistant coaches, however, as more and more meetings have been conducted between the front office and Sullivan, management has pressed To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

Management as of late this past weekend remained confident of any differences emerging easily being resolved, though, To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”! Another factor is believed to be Sidney Crosby’s future who may only commit to a To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”! A team many are sleeping on is To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

A prominent reason the noise has gotten so loud on Sullivan around the league in the last 48 hours is an Eastern Conference team was prepared to hire Craig Berube early this week but decided to take a step back to first see what happens with Sullivan, To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!

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Top NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman on the Mike Sullivan Noise, via 32 Thoughts Podcast

“This [hide] is another weird one. [It was] Pretty much a slam dunk Sullivan was coming back to Pittsburgh. They were more than comfortable as the person to lead through the next phase of whatever it is. Working relationship was set to continue into next year and everything is now coming out……….Word on Jersey is they want to take a big swing. And obviously Jon Cooper and or Mike Sullivan would be as big of a swing as you can take……..We’ll see where this unfolds over next few days…….. I was under impression he was not available and staying in Pittsburgh. It’s not what I had heard but it’s not that it’s wrong. It would be surprising but what it says is before teams hire, they want to make sure these guys are not actually available.”[/hide]