Jim Rutherford doesn't appear to be in a rush to part ways with Marc-Andre Fleury.
Amid reports the Pittsburgh Penguins general manager requested the sixth overall pick from the Calgary Flames in exchange for the goaltender, Rutherford maintains he'd be comfortable entering next season with both Fleury and Matt Murray, who backstopped the team during the run to the Stanley Cup.
"We might have to make a decision at some point," Rutherford said Tuesday, according to Jonathan Bombulie of Trib Live. "(But) I'm not aggressively doing anything."
"I met with Fleury," Rutherford added. "He's handled himself so well. When you talk about 50-50 split, I think guys can buy into that, but if you get into the season and one guy takes over the other, does that work for both guys? I don't know, so there's a lot of things to think about right now."
Rutherford is also waiting for official news in regards to expansion draft guidelines before making a firm decision on how to proceed. If only one goalie can be protected, the Penguins would likely defer to 22-year-old Murray, expediting the need to trade Fleury before next summer at the latest.
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