He has the experience. He is a lifelong hockey guy who has embraced the analytics side of the equation and he has the clout to run an autonomous hockey ops department. Now let's wait and see how it all comes together.
— JABO Vancouver (@jabo_vancouver) December 9, 2021
"Jim Rutherford has won the Stanley Cup three times as a general manager; in 2006 with the Carolina Hurricanes, and in 2016 and 2017 with the Pittsburgh Penguins."
— Lee Powell (@leepowellST) December 9, 2021