Comments on: Grading GM Jim Rutherford’s Drafting

By: Cubby James

Cubby James — Fri, 22 Feb 2019 07:00:51 +0000

Rutherford is a joke. He gets Ryan Reaves from St. Louis to protect the team because they had no enforcer. Then a short time later he trades Reaves as a part of a three team deal to get Derrick Brassard who was supposed to be the next greatest thing for the Pens. The only way the deal was going to work was if the Golden Knights got Reaves. Imagine giving up the toughest player in the league to get Brassard. How did Brassard work out for you Jimmy? Not too good! He didn’t last long! Now nobody to protect the team. Sharks beat the crap out of the Pens. Crosby is very lucky that Michael Haley didn’t get much of a chance to fight him. Crosby would have been beaten bad. Pearson is not a fighter and no match for Evander Kane. Then the biggest joke was trying to use big Jamie Oleksiak to enforce once Reaves was gone. Oleksiak can’t fight for as big as he is. After Tom Wilson KO’d him and made a fool of him, Oleksiak sure was sent back to Dallas quick. Jimmy you better get an enforcer quick before the trade deadline! Malkin is about to get a beating from the Flyers tonight in retaliation for Raffl. Jimmy I’ll bet you sure miss Reaves now! Your an idiot!

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:34:09 +0000

With 8 out of his 10 applicable draft picks playing in the AHL or NHL,
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It’s amazing that during all the years that Rutherford has been the GM of the Pens, he’s only made 10 draft picks.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Thu, 21 Feb 2019 02:32:00 +0000

Frankly, I don’t see how Rutherford has earned an “A” for his drafting to this point. I would also take issue with the notion that reaching the AHL means a pick is successful; if you have a first-round pick that ends up playing 50 games as a 3rd-liner in S-WB, that is hardly a success.
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Absolutely agree with this.

I believe if you’re going to give an ‘A’ draft grade to a GM, then the minors should be loaded with talent….and they aren’t.

By: Kevin Creagh

Kevin Creagh — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 17:20:27 +0000

While I personally agree with you, I respect Sasank’s reasoning. For me the whole purpose of any draft is to supply talent to the parent team. In that respect, Rutherford has an Incomplete as you said or a C- for me. He did parlay Kapanen into Kessel and Simon is…something. Sprong was a huge enigma, but Pettersson appears to be a serviceable #6.

By: wkkortas

wkkortas — Wed, 20 Feb 2019 16:14:07 +0000

Frankly, I don’t see how Rutherford has earned an “A” for his drafting to this point. First of all, it’s difficult to evaluate most of his draft classes, because their stories have yet to be written. I would also take issue with the notion that reaching the AHL means a pick is successful; if you have a first-round pick that ends up playing 50 games as a 3rd-liner in S-WB, that is hardly a success. At this point, the only realistic grade for Rutherford’s drafting is an “I”.