As he is wont to do, Jim Rutherford gave a lot of tasty quotes to the media today. It was to Josh Yohe at The Athletic and is about worth the subscription in and of itself for the humor of it all.
Rutherford was defensive once more for his embattled defenseman.
“Here’s my summary of this situation,” a terse Rutherford said. “Maybe Jack Johnson isn’t as good as I think he is. Maybe. But he’s not as bad as all of the anti-Jack Johnson people think he is.