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Is Jim Rutherford returning a good thing?

As you've probably heard, David Morehouse gave endorsements for Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford (as well as coach Mike Johnston) to return for a second season in Pittsburgh for 2015-16.

But now we have to wonder, is that a good thing?

Rutherford's first year guiding the USS Penguin has seen some good moves and bad. And probably no move indicates that more than the very first big move he made, trading James Neal to Nashville for Patric Hornqvist and Nick Spaling. It's fair to call it a mixed move, with good and bad elements.