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Morning Skate: The Penguins rewarded Mike Sullivan for that Stanley Cup
Hard to say he didn’t earn his new contract.


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Lace ‘em up. Time for the Morning Skate.
LOCKED UP
The Penguins gave their coach his reward for leading them to a Stanley Cup yesterday. Mike Sullivan got a three-year extension on Monday, which is just hard to argue against. Pittsburgh found a keeper.
Of course, we said the same thing about Dan Bylsma ...
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