The Quinn Hughes trade to the Minnesota Wild drew heavy interest across the NHL, and new details show Vancouver weighed other offers.

We need an army.” I certainly don’t think Jim Rutherford ever heard Botch’s exhortation that the Vancouver Canucks accept that if they really focused on sacrificing the here and now, a couple years of pain of not making the playoffs was a necessary thing in order to line up long-term success.

After the franchise-altering Quinn Hughes trade, there may be an answer to the direction of the Vancouver Canucks moving forward from ownership. In an

It was clear that Quinn Hughes wouldn't stay with the Canucks after this year's disastrous start, but apparently Rutherford knew long ago.

Brackett and highly respected scout Dan Palango left Vancouver and joined the Wild under GM Bill Guerin. In a short time, Brackett transformed the Wild’s prospect field. He had a hand in drafting every player the Wild just traded to Vancouver for Hughes — who, it should be said, Vancouver selected at seventh overall in 2018 on Brackett’s advice.

Since Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin and President of Hockey Operations Jim Rutherford have entered the organization, the team has made three different trades with the Pittsburgh Penguins. This is notable because both Allvin and Rutherford ...

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford, a three-time Stanley Cup champion, was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame today in the builders' category. Rutherford just completed his fifth season managing the Penguins following a 20-year run as the ...

It was a place where the Penguins once went 15 years -- and 42 games -- between victories. Where they absorbed some of their most humbling, soul-crushing defeats. Where they were embarrassed at least as often as they were at the Forum in Montreal of Boston ...