Three years ago at about this time Matt Cullen was 38-years old and pretty much assumed he would be retiring from the NHL. Coming off a less than great 2014-15 season with Nashville (7 goals in 62 games) he hadn’t much considered further options until an old boss in Jim Rutherford called him and wanted to sign him.
The rest, as they say is history. Cullen was a key 4th liner, important piece on the PK, great locker-room personality, character guy and helped the Penguins win two Stanley Cups in his two seasons in Pittsburgh.