PITTSBURGH -- When Jim Rutherford arrived in Pittsburgh in the summer of 2014, he figured he'd be around two or three years tops. It's one promise the general manager is happy to break.
The Penguins signed Rutherford to a new three-year contract Friday just two weeks removed from the franchise's fourth Stanley Cup, one that had Rutherford's fingerprints all over it.
"Everything Jim said he was going to do from the first interview we talked to him, he's accomplished," president and CEO David Morehouse said.
The Penguins lured the 67-year-old Rutherford to Pittsburgh two years ago and tasked him with overhauling a talented but underachieving roster.