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Mike Sullivan has a tough task at hand as the new coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Penguins are in danger of missing the playoffs due to injuries and underperforming stars.

"It's a situation where you thought tonight coming back, you have a new coach, you got beat Wednesday night, you're going to come out with a much better effort and there was not a lot of push back from this team," NESN's Barry Pederson said on "The Instigators" on Friday night.

Hear more from NESN's Dale Arnold, Billy Jaffe and Pederson in the video above.

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