Mike Vellucci didn't lobby for the job.
Might not necessarily even have wanted it, for that matter.
But when Jim Rutherford offered Vellucci, who had been hired as coach of the Penguins' American Hockey League affiliate in June, a chance to take on the general-manager duties that Bill Guerin had handled before being named general manager in Minnesota last week, Vellucci didn't balk.
Probably because he's already proven that he's quite capable of filling both jobs. After all, Vellucci was coach and general manager in Charlotte last season, when the Checkers won the Calder Cup.