When you’re considered one of the better teams in the NHL, there’s a good chance that your team could be without a first round pick come draft day. That was the case for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Calgary Flames, Nashville Predators, Winnipeg Jets and Boston Bruins, who all decided to trade away their first-round selections in the 2018 NHL Entry Draft in order to upgrade for the present day challenge of competing for a playoff spot and seeking out the Stanley Cup
The Penguins traded their first rounder to Ottawa at the deadline in a three-way trade with the Vegas Golden Knights for Derick Brassard. That meant that the club didn’t have many hard decisions to make on the first night of the draft, making it a perfect opportunity to have some fun around their draft table.
Bill Guerin, who was a 1st round pick way back in the 1989 Draft when the New Jersey Devils chose him with the fifth overall selection, is now an assistant general manager with the Pens, and decided to have a little fun with the James Rutherford, the son of Guerin’s boss, general manager Jim Rutherford.
James was a team runner for the Penguins and helped out by doing small errands and getting the draftees' jerseys in order. Since there was no jersey to hand out, Guerin and the Pens had a little time on their hands, it was Guerin that decided to mess around with James by ordering a sandwich that was never actually available.
“There’s no sandwiches!”
“Can I tell you something? There’s no sandwiches, there’s nothing!”
This is awesome, and a job well done by the Guerin and the Penguins for putting out this excellent content. Just look at the number of retweets and likes on the tweet.
Guerin really wanted a salami and cheese submarine sandwich with peanut butter and a pickles on the side.
Who dips pickles in peanut butter anyway? At least we know that Guerin likes sandwiches. Maybe him and Phil Kessel can have a sandwich party and enjoy some hot dogs together on a submarine sub?
With their first pick in the draft, the Penguins took offensive defenceman Calen Addison from the Lethbridge Hurricanes of the WHL.
