JC2 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 With this hire I get the impression they are open to appointing another inexperienced gm. They would not need a man of his experience if they intended to hire an older well known gm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 14 minutes ago, MJDDawg said: Talk about a history of trading away draft picks. Rutherford should be in the "mortgage the future" Hall of Fame and makes Benning look like an amateur. Our next first rounder is as good as gone 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klw604 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Please hire Dean Lombardi, or Steven Y like..... Jim Rutherford's has had some wild trades https://www.capfriendly.com/trades/staff/jim-rutherford 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metal Face Doom Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Good short term hire to groom someone to take over. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rindiculous Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Qwags said: Undefeated in the Stan Smyl era. What a ride. So if we lose next game, that means we’re gonna have to fire Rutherford right away right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EternalCanuckFan Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 I'm very curious about what tweaks Rutherford and the management group (whomever the new GM ends up being) will make to this roster. My guess is the next month or two will be an intense evaluative period and we might see a fair bit of activity just before or at the trade deadline. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 23 minutes ago, Roger Neilsons Towel said: I snorted Careful, I hear the police will scour through social media looking for admissions of crime. 8 minutes ago, BlakeQuinnAndEggs said: Maybe Sutter is close, hoping Fwiw, my buddy says, Squire Barnes says, that Sutter is out for the season. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odd. Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Just now, JC2 said: With this hire I get the impression they are open to appointing another inexperienced gm. They would not need a man of his experience if they intended to hire an older well known gm. I mean there’s a lot of AGM’s out there who would do the job just fine. I think right now we are sorta limited in the amount of available, experienced GM’s around the league. As long as we aren’t hiring guys like Ryan Johnson (too inexperienced), we’ll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Neilsons Towel Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 38 minutes ago, Fanuck said: I think you will find that if the Pens didn't already have 87/71 from a previous regime there wouldn't have been a lot to celebrate in Pittsburgh. Rutherford had a terrible draft history in Pitt., just terrible. https://www.pensburgh.com/2020/6/11/21287782/2020-update-on-penguins-drafting-under-jim-rutherford In addition to having a terrible draft history, he trades a lot of picks - 5 of his last 7 first rounders (I believe) he traded away for what have you. Like I said, if Letang, Crosby, Malkin weren't already there I think people would have a much different perspective on Rutherford. I don't care if he's the president and 'mentoring' a new GM in the 'in's&out's' of how the league runs, but having him making trades/personnel moves/draft picks for this club for an extended period of time concerns me greatly. I'm also very worried that Rutherford will recruit Botterill as he has made a lot of questionable moves in a short time-period: https://thehockeywriters.com/sabres-jason-botterill-what-went-wrong/ I'm nowhere near as happy with this announcement as some, but I'm open to letting it play out..... I share some of these same concerns as well. Like I said in my post earlier, mixed feelings. Time will tell. At the very least we got the experience we needed in the POHO position. Not sure if the same people that are happy about signing Rutherford will still be as happy when he names Botterill GM. Hope I’m wrong. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: Our next first rounder is as good as gone 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VegasCanuck Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 44 minutes ago, Alflives said: three cups in Pittsburgh. He knows what the top guys on a team have to be to win. He will know if we have those guys in Petey, Hughes, Bess, etc. Close, 2 in Pittsburgh, 1 in Carolina. Every executive in the NHL has some deals that they would like to reverse, but overall, he's well respected in the NHL and will find a good, solid GM to run draft and trading. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucker 67 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Maybe Smyl went power hungry around the office, telling everyone how he wants his team to be, and the Aquas decided to get someone else in there asap. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DeNiro Posted December 9, 2021 Popular Post Share Posted December 9, 2021 I’m thinking with Rutherford and Boudreau in place they’ll have no problem attracting qualified GMs to fill the empty position. Aquilinis doing exactly what they need to do to right the ship. They deserve some credit, and maybe some forgiveness. 3 5 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
86Viking Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 2 minutes ago, MaxVerstappen33 said: Our next first rounder is as good as gone focus on your race this weekend...Your ultra negativity is unwarranted, we jut hired the guy and you think he is going to trade all the core by the weekend...my goodness you are a negative nancy! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxVerstappen33 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 7 minutes ago, Coconuts said: Yup, and he probably won't be the interim guy for long. He doesn't want to be GM, dunno why people are panicking about him making GM decisions. Yup, his is a name that commands respect. Teams will take him seriously, and most of the executives out there have likely had a working relationship with him for years. He should be able to find us a quality GM. I'm not even expecting him to make a single trade. Makes sense given his age, someone else can step into the president role later on. And boy do we need that stability after these last eight years, it's a breath of fresh air. There's no way Smyl didn't know about it before we did, and there's no guarantee Smyl even wanted the position. Speculation doesn't mean $&!#. I don't see him being a doormat for Aqua, at his age and given the success he's had he doesn't exactly have a whole lot of reasons to just roll over for Aqua. It's not as if he needs the money at this point. Plus, he won't be the GM, he won't be the guy reaching out to try and construct trades. He has been taken advantage of by other teams in trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elias Pettersson Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 So Smyl was interim GM for 5 days. I’m wondering if he’s going to add that on to his resume. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coconuts Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Just now, MaxVerstappen33 said: He has been taken advantage of by other teams in trades. Boohoo, because most GM's win every single one of their trades. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlemonger Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, Pbhatti00 said: Glad it's just as interim GM. Need someone younger to be GM'ing Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PistolPete13 Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 1 hour ago, ey40 said: You put your one Jim in You put your one Jim out You put your one Jim in And you shake it all about You do the hokey pokey And you turn yourself around That's what it's all about! Well played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted December 9, 2021 Share Posted December 9, 2021 Rutherford as Poho is great, and if his interm gm label is alongside Smyl then fine by me. I'd be disappointed if they have already thrown Smyl back to his previous position. Run the G.M spot as a group for awhile, so it doesn't look like a repudiation of Stan's abilities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Posted by -Vintage Canuck-,
6 reactions
Go to this post
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now