Hurricanes GM Jim Rutherford didn't have a lot of time to enjoy the first Stanley Cup of his long hockey career. (If you're too young to remember, Rutherford began his NHL tenure as a goalie with the Red Wings in 1970.) Just days after the Cup-clinching victory, while still recovering from a difficult procedure to remove a kidney stone, Rutherford got back to business. He and owner Peter Karmanos understood they would have to pay a price to keep their championship core intact. To that end, R ...

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