After the defeat, Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan insisted the Penguins didn’t lose because of a lack of focus against such a bad opponent.

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For as much as this Penguins defeat felt like many of a year ago, head coach Mike Sullivan attempted to tamp down the narrative that last year’s problems quickly bled into this year’s opener.

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“It’s pretty tough to assess a game like that when half of the game is special teams,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.

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“No one likes to go through that experience we went through in Toronto,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.

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This person on Twitter is responding to some of the commentary about Penguins coach Mike Sullivan in last week’s “U mad, bro?”

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“We show these guys on film, we practice them throughout the course of the season,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.

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