Bad GM’ing: Jim Rutherford
If there was an NHL team that had the potential for a three-peat in recent history, the Pittsburgh Penguins would be it. Winning back-to-back Stanley Cup Championships after the firing of coach Mike Johnston in favor of the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach, Mike Sullivan, after a miserable start to the 2015-16 season, had many thinking that it could be done. As then Assistant GM, Jason Botterill, accepted the GM vacancy for the Buffalo Sabres, Jim Rutherford would have to move forward from where the team left off. When reviewing certain moves by the Penguins, post-Botterill, one big move may have some wondering whether Rutherford has theRead More →