Rutger McGroarty Isn’t Calling His Season A Waste

Prospect seasons can get judged like stock prices, and McGroarty is making it clear he does not see this one as a crash. The Penguins’ forward prospect is pushing back on the easy “lost season” label, which usually means there is more going on than the box score tells you. That is the part casual fans miss - development is rarely linear, and organizations care just as much about the process as the points.