Post Gazette · Jun 24, 2016
It might be a quiet evening for Penguins at NHL draft
The Penguins don't have a first round pick in tonight's NHL draft, but general manager Jim Rutherford has been a wheeler-dealer on past draft days.BUFFALO, N.Y. — Things can change, of course.
Quickly.
One phone call, one conversation between general managers, and the Penguins could go from not having a choice in the first round of the NHL draft tonight at First Niagara Center to having a selection that would land an elite prospect.
General Manager Jim Rutherford said Thursday night that while he didn’t feel a trade was imminent then, “there are maybe some areas where we may want to clean some things up.”