Penguins Sign White to PTO

Back when Jim Rutherford was calling the shots for our Penguins, the one thing he did on a consistent basis was stir the pot. He always seemed to be looking ahead, and was never the least bit shy about pulling the trigger on a trade if he thought it would improve his team.

This stood in stark contrast to Ron Hextall, who embraced a more measured and methodical approach, making moves only when he deemed them absolutely necessary and often it seemed from a defensive posture rather than proactively. (Example: the ill-fated Mikael Granlund trade.) The difference between having an extrovert and an introvert at the helm. But I digress.

Current GM Kyle Dubas reminds me a lot of Rutherford.

Yesterday he signed speedy 26-year-old forward Colin White, late of the Florida Panthers, to a PTO. Another in a string of low-risk, potentially high-reward moves.

A former first-round pick of Ottawa in 2015 (21st overall), White was once regarded as one of the bright young jewels in the Senators’ system, thanks to a 14-goal, 41-point rookie season in 2018-19.

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