It’s a question that has been on the minds of Penguins fans since Jim Rutherford abruptly resigned seven games into the 2020-21 season. It’s also one the team’s former general manager has been considering himself more and more lately.
Why?
“I guess, if I give a short answer to it, everybody is gonna keep asking more questions, and that’s not something I want,” Rutherford was telling me by phone on Thursday from Vancouver, where he’s now the Canucks’ president of hockey operations, a job he’s held since Dec. 10, 2021. “But I do think at some point I should say something about it.”
