At some point, the penguins would have to replace Jim Rutherford; when you talk about a 71-year-old CEO, these are the breaks in the game.
“Some point,” so to speak, came on Wednesday. At the end of January. With his team in Boston. Six days after talking about his plans for the rest of the season.
There they were. And the penguins too. Regardless of the reasons, timing, or process: Penguins president and CEO David Morehouse said Wednesday that Rutherford is “perfectly healthy” and that his decision was called resignation, not withdrawal. .
So who fills it? Glad to ask.
“The criterion is the same as we’ve had here for the last 15 years: winning the Stanley Cup,” Morehouse said. “So we’re looking for someone who can come in, take on a very talented team and …