Could the Penguins and Ducks hook up for yet another trade?

Consider the source (Bruce Garrioch at the Ottawa Sun) but an interesting nugget that passes the smell test was shared about Jim Rutherford and the Penguins.

The expectation is there will be teams that will try to get ahead of the deadline and the prediction is Pittsburgh GM Jim Rutherford is going to try to go that route. “Doesn’t he always?” a league executive asked Saturday. Yes, good point. Rutherford believes in being aggressive in the marketplace and, as a result, he’s been able to have success.

Rutherford has said many times that he does like to trade ahead of the deadline in order to give the new player as much time to get in and comfortable and mesh with the team moving forward. It’s…