Mike Sullivan stuck to his story.

When asked at Tuesday’s morning skate before the Rangers’ regular-season opener at the Garden against the Pittsburgh Penguins about going up against his old team, Sullivan insisted he hasn’t had time to think about the prospect of coaching his first official game behind the Blueshirts’ bench against the team he coached to back-to-back Stanley Cups in 2016 and '17.

“No, not really,’’ Sullivan said. “My focus has been on the New York Rangers. You know, when I went home last night and I was thinking about today, and how we can put the best version of the New York Rangers on the ice, that's where my focus was — on our players, and the message that we're going to bring to our guys today in order to try to set them up for success.’’

It was the same answer

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