Nearly a year after resigning as general manager of the Penguins, Jim Rutherford is back in the NHL as the president of hockey operations and interim general manager of the Canucks.
In Rutherford's introductory press conference in Vancouver on Monday, two of his moves made as general manager of the Penguins were called into question: The signing of Jack Johnson to a five-year contract on the opening day of free agency in 2018, and the acquisition of Erik Gudbranson from the Canucks in February 2019.
Rutherford was asked if he learned any lessons from the acquisitions of Johnson or Gudbranson, with the reporter noting that they were not moves that were looked kindly on analytics-wise.