When Mike Sullivan was hired to coach the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in the summer of 2015, he remembers meeting a wide-eyed, speedy winger only a couple years removed from his college career at Notre Dame named Bryan Rust.
Meanwhile, Sullivan received regular reports on some baby-faced scorer out of the University of Nebraska-Omaha named Jake Guentzel, a son of a coach who would join Pittsburgh's American Hockey League affiliate later that season after Sullivan was promoted to oversee the NHL club.
While some things haven't changed — Sullivan obviously remains, and there's about a 95% chance Guentzel still gets carded — the Penguins have also achieved an impressive amount of continuity here, a storyline that isn't really discussed enough.
