After a surprise resignation by Jim Rutherford yesterday, the Penguins have at least temporarily turned the reigns of the general manager job over on an interim basis to Patrik Allvin.
You would be excused to not know too much about Allvin, even though he has been in the Pens organization for the last 15 years. However, the past few months have seen a meteoric rise is job duties and titles for 46-year old the native of Sweden.
Allvin worked as a European scout for the Montreal Canadiens from 2002-06, at which point he made a lateral move to join the Pens organization with the same job title from 2006-12.