The Marshfield native is available after he and the Penguins parted ways on Monday after 10 seasons and two Stanley Cups.

The two-time Stanley Cup coach has a multitude of connections to the Bruins organization but will be a popular candidate elsewhere, as well.

A number of college hockey head coaches have been floated out as potential successors to Mike Sullivan as the bench boss of the Pittsburgh Penguins. One would assume that the money and prestige of coaching in the NHL would make such a move a no-brainer.