Bryan Rust is not slowing down

Bryan Rust has not just been a bright spot for the Pittsburgh Penguins, he has been a legitimately good top-line scorer.

When the Pittsburgh Penguins re-signed Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Bryan Rust and Rickard Rakell in the summer of 2022, Rust’s contract was the one I probably had the least amount of confidence in from both a short-term and long-term outlook.

(I felt the same way about Rakell; I just had no expectation they would...