When the 2013-14 season ended for the Pittsburgh Penguins, it was evident that changes were coming. Pushing the eventual Eastern Conference champions to a Game 7 wasn't enough to save the jobs of Dan Bylsma or Ray Shero, and ownership saw fit to bring in Jim Rutherford and his new vision for the franchise.
Naturally, one of the first questions that arose was how Rutherford would change the core of the organization. Which players would be moved in an attempt to shake up the culture and on-the-ice product?
We didn't know much about how the former Carolina Hurricanes general manager was going to run the ship—only that there was a need to shed some salary for the sake of adding more depth. Both James Neal and Kris Letang saw their names floated in trade rumors during the early parts of the offseason, and the former would eventually be traded to the Nashville Predators.
Neal getting moved wasn't the surprising part. He'd been in rumor roundups all season and didn't have a no-movement clause that handcuffed management. What was surprising: Rutherford didn't get much cap relief in the Neal trade.
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