PITTSBURGH -- Jim Rutherford doesnt believe the Pittsburgh Penguins need to undergo a massive overhaul to regain their spot among the NHLs elite.
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part of the process. The Penguins fired the franchises all-time winningest coach
on Friday while hiring Rutherford away from the Carolina Hurricanes to replace
Ray Shero as general manager. Rutherfords first decision was to end the three
weeks of limbo for Bylsma, whose star-laden teams had fallen well short of the
Stanley Cup since winning it all in 2009. "What ownership wants here is a
complete change in direction, one with the GM and one with the coach,"
Rutherford said. Bylsma won 252 games behind the bench and was the Jack Adams
Award winner in 2012 as the NHLs Coach of the Year but failed to produce a
bookend to the championship he captured with stars Sidney Crosby and
Evgeni Malkin in 2009. The Penguins were just 4-5 in playoff series since
raising the 2009 Cup, with each loss coming to a lower-seeded team. Pittsburghs
latest defeat came last month when the Penguins fell to the New York Rangers in
seven games in the Eastern Conference semifinals. Rutherford met with Bylsma on
Friday morning as part of an organization-wide shake-up. In addition to
dismissing Bylsma, the Penguins promoted Jason Botterill to associate general
manager, named Bill Guerin and Tom Fitzgerald assistant general managers. The
65-year-old Rutherford takes over for Shero, who was fired on May 16. The new
gig is a homecoming for the former goaltender. Rutherford played for the
Penguins in the 1970s before spending 20 years with the franchise that began as
the Hartford Whalers, moved to North Carolina in 1997 and won the Stanley Cup in
2006. The Hurricanes struggled maintaining that success, missing the post-season
each of the last five years. It led to Rutherford stepping down in April when
the Hurricanes promoted Ron Francis -- who helped Pittsburgh win consecutive
Cups in 1991 and 92 -- to the GMs job. Rutherford took on an advisory role in
Carolina with a small ownership stake in the team, a position he will relinquish
in the near future. The Penguins, meanwhile, plan to get their moneys worth out
of a man closer to the end of his career than the beginning. Rutherford allowed
he will likely only be around "two or three years" and will serve as a mentor to
his new staff, adding he will give Botterill and company "big roles with a lot
to say." Rutherford hopes to find Bylsmas replacement by the time free agency
begins in July. Considering the talent at the top of the roster, the job will
certainly be attractive. Finding the right fit, however, may be challenging.
"With some changes, they dont have to be sweeping changes, we can (win another
Cup) in the near future," Rutherford said. While its unlikely Rutherford will do
much to mess with the core of Crosby, Malkin and defenceman Kris Letang, there
are some serious depth issues, particularly along the bottom two lines. "Our
supporting cast needs to be improved," Rutherford said. "I look at our
fourth-line players and some of those guys are in double-digit minuses and we
cant have that." What the Penguins do have is arguably the leagues best player
in Crosby and one of its most dynamic in Malkin. The duo has dominated during
the regular season when healthy -- with Crosby the favourite to pick up his
second Hart Trophy as league MVP after leading the NHL with 114 points this
season -- but that success hasnt translated into deep playoff runs. Crosby
struggled in the post-season. He scored just once in 13 games while maintaining
he was not injured. Rutherford will try to find the right kind of role players
to take some of the pressure off his high-wattage stars. Coincidentally, the
Hurricanes are also looking for a new coach -- Francis first big decision in his
new job was firing Kirk Muller after three years -- and Carolina has been
mentioned as a possible landing spot for Bylsma. The move by Rutherford -- who
won 44 games in net for the Penguins from 1971-74 -- is the latest in a series
of significant ties between the organizations. Carolina has the longest active
playoff drought among Eastern Conference teams. Its last post-season appearance
came in 2009 -- when the Hurricanes were swept in the East final by a Penguins
team that went on to win its only Stanley Cup under Sheros leadership, the
crowning achievement of his eight years as Pittsburghs GM. Rutherford and Shero
orchestrated the blockbuster trade of the 2012 NHL draft when forward
Jordan Staal was sent to Carolina and reunited with big brother Eric in exchange
for Sutter and prospects.
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