The Rangers have been linked to Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan early in the aftermath of Peter Laviolette's firing as head coach, but PensBurgh's Hooks Oprik believes the talk from the New York Post about Sullivan being an "intriguing" replacement but not a realistic one.

Peter Laviolette was fired as coach of the New York Rangers on Saturday, ending his tenure after two seasons, the second of which was a massive underachievement of missing the playoffs. General manager Chris Drury made the move less than 48 hours after the finale of a lost season that followed a trip to the Eastern Conference final last year and set the stage for Stanley Cup-contending aspirations.