Jim Rutherford says he isn't surprised that Bill Guerin has been hired to be general manager of the Minnesota Wild.
Perhaps because Rutherford did his part to help Guerin get the job.
It turns out that after two impressive performances by Guerin in interviews with Wild executives, team owner Craig Leopold contacted Rutherford to get a scouting report of sorts on the guy who had emerged as a leading candidate for the position.
The review Leopold received apparently ran the gamut from favorable to downright flattering.
"I just told him the obvious," Rutherford said this evening.