JIM RUTHERFORD

Vancouver Canucks

President of Hockey Operations

Staff History

TEAM	POSITION	DATE SPAN	AGE SPAN	DURATION
Hartford Whalers	General Manager	Jun. 28, 1994 - Sep. 1, 1997	45 - 48	3 Years, 2 Months, 4 Days
Hartford Whalers	Owner	Jun. 28, 1994 - Sep. 1, 1997	45 - 48	3 Years, 2 Months, 4 Days
Hartford Whalers	President	Jun. 28, 1994 - Sep. 1, 1997	45 - 48	3 Years, 2 Months, 4 Days
Carolina Hurricanes	General Manager	Sep. 1, 1997 - Apr. 28, 2014	48 - 65	16 Years, 7 Months, 27 Days
Carolina Hurricanes	Owner	Sep. 1, 1997 - Apr. 28, 2014	48 - 65	16 Years, 7 Months, 27 Days
Carolina Hurricanes	President	Sep. 1, 1997 - Apr. 28, 2014	48 - 65	16 Years, 7 Months, 27 Days
Pittsburgh Penguins	General Manager	Jun. 6, 2014 - Jan. 26, 2021	65 - 71	6 Years, 7 Months, 20 Days
Pittsburgh Penguins	Executive Vice President	Jun. 6, 2014 - Jan. 26, 2021	65 - 71	6 Years, 7 Months, 20 Days
Vancouver Canucks	General Manager (Interim)	Dec. 9, 2021 - Jan. 25, 2022	72 - 72	1 Month, 16 Days
Vancouver Canucks	President of Hockey Operations	Dec. 11, 2021 - Present	72 -	1 Year, 5 Months, 20 Days

GM Player History

SIGNINGS	SIGNINGS VALUE	DRAFTED	TRADES
298	$1,191,582,225	182	141

PLAYER	TEAM	YEAR	ROUND	OVERALL
Staal, Eric	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	1	2
Johnson, Jack	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	1	3
Ladd, Andrew	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	1	4
Lindholm, Elias	Carolina Hurricanes	2013	1	5
O'Neill, Jeff	Hartford Whalers	1994	1	5
Skinner, Jeff	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	1	7
Jeff Heerema	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	1	11
Sutter, Brandon	Carolina Hurricanes	2007	1	11
Murphy, Ryan	Carolina Hurricanes	2011	1	12
Giguere, Jean-Sebastien	Hartford Whalers	1995	1	13
Boychuk, Zach	Carolina Hurricanes	2008	1	14
Knyazev, Igor	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	1	15
Lekkerimäki, Jonathan	Vancouver Canucks	2022	1	15
Tanabe, David	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	1	16
Poulin, Samuel	Pittsburgh Penguins	2019	1	21
Kapanen, Kasperi	Pittsburgh Penguins	2014	1	22
Ward, Cam	Carolina Hurricanes	2002	1	25
Paradis, Philippe	Carolina Hurricanes	2009	1	27
Richmond, Danny	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	2	31
Tomas Kurka	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	2	32
Faulk, Justin	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	2	37
Peters, Justin	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	2	38
Di Giuseppe, Phillip	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	2	38
Trevor Wasyluk	Hartford Whalers	1996	2	34
Sergei Fedotov	Hartford Whalers	1995	2	35
Rask, Victor	Carolina Hurricanes	2011	2	42
Dalpe, Zac	Carolina Hurricanes	2008	2	45
Zigomanis, Michael	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	2	46
Sprong, Daniel	Pittsburgh Penguins	2015	2	46
McGinn, Brock	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	2	47
Lauzon, Zachary	Pittsburgh Penguins	2017	2	51
Brett Lysak	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	2	49
Dumoulin, Brian	Carolina Hurricanes	2009	2	51
Blomqvist, Joel	Pittsburgh Penguins	2020	2	52
Addison, Calen	Pittsburgh Penguins	2018	2	53
Alt, Mark	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	2	53
Gustavsson, Filip	Pittsburgh Penguins	2016	2	55
Hållander, Filip	Pittsburgh Penguins	2018	2	58
Björkqvist, Kasper	Pittsburgh Penguins	2016	2	61
Hagemo, Nate	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	2	58
McBain, Jamie	Carolina Hurricanes	2006	2	63
Barnes, Joe	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	3	64
Borer, Casey	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	3	69
Pesce, Brett	Carolina Hurricanes	2013	3	66
Biega, Danny	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	3	67
Altshuller, Daniel	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	3	69
Andrei Petrunin	Hartford Whalers	1996	3	61
Bowman, Drayson	Carolina Hurricanes	2007	3	72
Kevin Holdridge	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	3	70
Lowe, Keegan	Carolina Hurricanes	2011	3	73
Légaré, Nathan	Pittsburgh Penguins	2019	3	74
Cole, Erik	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	3	71
Bayda, Ryan	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	3	80
Clang, Calle	Pittsburgh Penguins	2020	3	77
Pettersson, Elias	Vancouver Canucks	2022	3	80
Hall, Connor	Pittsburgh Penguins	2016	3	77
Brad Fast	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	3	84
Levi, Austin	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	3	85
Lindstrom, Mattias	Carolina Hurricanes	2009	3	88
Kevin Estrada	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	3	91
Jesse Lane	Carolina Hurricanes	2002	3	91
Reed, Harrison	Carolina Hurricanes	2006	3	93
Phillips, Clayton	Pittsburgh Penguins	2017	3	93
Wallin, Niclas	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	4	97
Aaron Dawson	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	4	102
Jakub Vojta	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	4	94
Vasicek, Josef	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	4	91
Hnat Domenichelli	Hartford Whalers	1994	4	83
Tommy Westlund	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	4	93
Ian MacNeil	Hartford Whalers	1995	4	85
Karlsson, Erik	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	4	99
MacDonald, Craig	Hartford Whalers	1996	4	88
Kapanen, Sami	Hartford Whalers	1995	4	87
Chris Madden	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	4	97
Carson, Brett	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	4	109
Justin McCrae	Carolina Hurricanes	2007	4	102
Hofmann, Gregory	Carolina Hurricanes	2011	4	103
Zepp, Rob	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	4	110
Jared Newman	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	4	110
Jordan, Michal	Carolina Hurricanes	2008	4	105
Shugg, Justin	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	4	105
Svejkovsky, Lukas	Pittsburgh Penguins	2020	4	108
Gardner, Daimon	Vancouver Canucks	2022	4	112
Ryan J. Murphy	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	4	113
Lafferty, Sam	Pittsburgh Penguins	2014	4	113
Carrick, Trevor	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	4	115
Steve Wasylko	Hartford Whalers	1996	4	104
Kevin Nastiuk	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	4	126
Matej Trojovsky	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	4	130
Slavin, Jaccob	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	4	120
Hughes, Bobby	Carolina Hurricanes	2006	4	123
Jones, Ryan	Pittsburgh Penguins	2016	4	121
Ondrej Otcenas	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	4	123
Strachan, Tyson	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	5	137
Pedersen, Brent	Carolina Hurricanes	2013	5	126
Almeida, Justin	Pittsburgh Penguins	2018	5	129
Ryan Risidore	Hartford Whalers	1994	5	109
Magnus Akerlund	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	5	137
Woods, Brendan	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	5	129
Mark McMahon	Hartford Whalers	1996	5	116
Hugh Hamilton	Hartford Whalers	1995	5	113
Kennedy, Matt	Carolina Hurricanes	2009	5	131
Terry, Chris	Carolina Hurricanes	2007	5	132
Young, Ty	Vancouver Canucks	2022	5	144
Simon, Dominik	Pittsburgh Penguins	2015	5	137
Timothy Kunes	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	5	145
Caulfield, Judd	Pittsburgh Penguins	2019	5	145
Angello, Anthony	Pittsburgh Penguins	2014	5	145
Ansons, Raivis	Pittsburgh Penguins	2020	5	149
Drozg, Jan	Pittsburgh Penguins	2017	5	152
Daniel Manzato	Carolina Hurricanes	2002	5	160
Chaput, Stefan	Carolina Hurricanes	2006	5	153
Almari, Niclas	Pittsburgh Penguins	2016	5	151
Ölund, Linus	Pittsburgh Penguins	2017	5	155
Risto Korhonen	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	5	159
Ganly, Tyler	Carolina Hurricanes	2013	6	156
Olson, Collin	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	6	159
Aaron Baker	Hartford Whalers	1996	6	143
Bellemore, Brett	Carolina Hurricanes	2007	6	162
Mahalak, Matt	Carolina Hurricanes	2011	6	163
Forrest, J.D.	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	6	181
Murphy, Mike	Carolina Hurricanes	2008	6	165
Yoder, Chase	Pittsburgh Penguins	2020	6	170
Dorrington, Jackson	Vancouver Canucks	2022	6	176
Daniel Boisclair	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	6	181
Tiffels, Frederik	Pittsburgh Penguins	2015	6	167
Damian Surma	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	6	174
Tyler Stahl	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	6	167
Gorman, Liam	Pittsburgh Penguins	2018	6	177
Lindo, Jaden	Pittsburgh Penguins	2014	6	173
Rissanen, Rasmus	Carolina Hurricanes	2009	6	178
Nick Dodge	Carolina Hurricanes	2006	6	183
Masonius, Joseph	Pittsburgh Penguins	2016	6	181
Palojärvi, Antti	Pittsburgh Penguins	2017	6	186
Blanchard, Nicolas	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	6	192
Shay Stephenson	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	7	198
Kyle Lawson	Carolina Hurricanes	2005	7	198
Andersen, Frederik	Carolina Hurricanes	2010	7	187
Collier, Brendan	Carolina Hurricanes	2012	7	189
Ryan Pottruff	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	7	202
Ritchie, Byron	Hartford Whalers	1995	7	165
Greg Kuznik	Hartford Whalers	1996	7	171
Don Smith	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	7	184
Sutter, Brody	Carolina Hurricanes	2011	7	193
Samuel Morneau	Carolina Hurricanes	2008	7	195
Kahnberg, Magnus	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	7	212
Sean Curry	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	7	211
Kudryavtsev, Kirill	Vancouver Canucks	2022	7	208
Jim Baxter	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	7	202
Pavlychev, Nikita	Pittsburgh Penguins	2015	7	197
Puustinen, Valtteri	Pittsburgh Penguins	2019	7	203
Oleg Minakov	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	7	216
Taylor, Jeff	Pittsburgh Penguins	2014	7	203
Airola, Santeri	Pittsburgh Penguins	2019	7	211
Adam Taylor	Carolina Hurricanes	2002	7	224
Tommi Kivisto	Carolina Hurricanes	2009	7	208
Justin Krueger	Carolina Hurricanes	2006	7	213
Reilly, Will	Pittsburgh Penguins	2017	7	217
Jamie Hoffmann	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	8	230
Tom Buckley	Hartford Whalers	1994	8	187
Craig Kowalski	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	8	235
Svoboda, Jaroslav	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	8	208
Jonas Fiedler	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	8	235
Kevin Marsh	Hartford Whalers	1996	8	197
Milan Kostolny	Hartford Whalers	1995	8	191
Mark Kosick	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	8	211
David Evans	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	8	231
Carter Trevisani	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	8	244
Antti Jokela	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	8	237
Ryan Rorabeck	Carolina Hurricanes	2003	9	262
Ashlin Halfnight	Hartford Whalers	1994	9	213
Adams, Craig	Hartford Whalers	1996	9	223
Mike Rucinski	Hartford Whalers	1995	9	217
Martin Vagner	Carolina Hurricanes	2004	9	268
Brent McDonald	Carolina Hurricanes	1998	9	239
Troy Ferguson	Carolina Hurricanes	2000	9	276
Peter Reynolds	Carolina Hurricanes	2001	9	274
Evgeny Kourilin	Carolina Hurricanes	1999	9	259
Askhat Rakhmatulin	Hartford Whalers	1996	9	231
Matt Ball	Hartford Whalers	1994	9	230
Brian Regan	Hartford Whalers	1994	10	239
Steve Nimigon	Hartford Whalers	1994	11	265