An NHL general manager deciding to just up and resign seven games into a season starting for “personal reasons”, is going to bring around shock. Because that’s a shocking turn of events. The follow-ups are only natural, especially when talking about a 71-year old manager in the midst of a global pandemic. “Why?” is the jarring question and a good place to start. Why would would Jim Rutherford just up and leave his job at a time when GM’s just don’t stop working?
Really, only a handful of people, including Rutherford and Penguins CEO and President David Morehouse know, and they really aren’t saying directly.