Rutherford: Fleury-Murray game plan hasn't met expectations

Jim Rutherford's problem is likely the envy of several of his peers.

The Pittsburgh Penguins entered the season with two high-end goalies on the roster in Marc-Andre Fleury and Matt Murray, both of whom have carried the team to Stanley Cup wins.

With both goalies now healthy and able to play every night, balancing the workload is proving to be a challenge, according to the general manager.

"Despite the fact I like having the two top goalies, it's difficult when both goalies are used to playing the majority of the games," Rutherford said Monday, according to Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "You get into weeks where they're splitting and going every other game. That hasn't worked, at this point, as well as I thought it would."

Murray has excelled since coming back from a broken hand suffered at the World Cup, outplaying Fleury overall this season.

Still, Rutherford is in no rush to move one goalie out and hand the starting job to the other.

"I don't feel urgency (to decide)," Rutherford said, adding, "It is one area I'm probably looking at the most right now."

With an expansion draft looming next summer, it's a situation that needs to be resolved one way or another in the coming months.