Injury Report: The Official Bryan Rust is Mid Thread

[ChaosAgent]

Pretty sure Rust has 47 points in 47 games since the Guentzel trade

But Sully likes him and Sully evil man, Rust ruined the team. Americans bad

 

[AuroraBorealis]

Pretty sure Rust has 47 points in 47 games since the Guentzel trade

24g 21a in 47gp. 22 of those goals at even-strength.
Minus-17...but I can accept that when you produce like this and have a 5.1M cap hit.
Definitely better than Malkin since Jake left.

 

[Ulf5]

Well well well, how the turn tables

Blame HSL for the horrible draft pick.
Though he'll be back to his floating, slumbering, cherry-picking ways in short order.

 

[HandshakeLine]

People are so good at understanding. It rules.

 

[Pens1566]

I've thought about this, too. Obviously it's nice to not have to worry, because the Pens won 3 Cups. But I think Hossa is the most under-appreciated player I've watched in my lifetime. He was a BEAST all over the ice. I think he should have won a Selke. Guy just had insanely high hockey IQ. Could shoot, pass, and skate with the best of them, too. Shame we never got to see a prolonged period of Sid/Hoss together.

At the time we acquired him, Hossa was the best all around winger in the game. It's a hill I'd be willing to die on.

 

[spcastlemagic]

Bryan Rust 7 goals 6 assists in his mid era
Let me try something:

- Malkin is cooked
- Karlsson has no aura
- Crosby is beta
- Letang is dripless

Let’s see if it works.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Letang is dripless

We can't handle Letang flossin.

 

[HandshakeLine]

Now I'm imagining Letang showing up at the arena kitted out like Pimp C and lmao.

 

[Ignatius]

Elliotte Friedman said on the most recent episode of the 32 Thoughts podcast that Rust should have been selected for the four nations team. Rusty has been good lately but I don't know if I totally agree with that but it would have been neat to see.

 

[spcastlemagic]

He’s the goat and I’m tired of pretending he’s not

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

Elliotte Friedman said on the most recent episode of the 32 Thoughts podcast that Rust should have been selected for the four nations team. Rusty has been good lately but I don't know if I totally agree with that but it would have been neat to see.

The 4 Nations team ran by Sully and Guerin… I thought he was Sullys pet!!!

I don’t know either but I do think he deserves to be in the discussion.

I think what gets lost with being overly harsh on guys like Rust (not saying that he’s amazing) is that sure they wouldn’t be super useful without playing next to a star center.. but there’s a lot of star centers in the league. And honestly there’s quite a few more dynamic than aging Sid and Geno. He could do this on a lot of teams.

 

[BobCole]

The 4 Nations team ran by Sully and Guerin… I thought he was Sullys pet!!!

I don’t know either but I do think he deserves to be in the discussion.

I think what gets lost with being overly harsh on guys like Rust (not saying that he’s amazing) is that sure they wouldn’t be super useful without playing next to a star center.. but there’s a lot of star centers in the league. And honestly there’s quite a few more dynamic than aging Sid and Geno. He could do this on a lot of teams.

I'm just gonna repeat that Rust is 32, also. That may appear to be a spring chicken on this team, but most guys aren't as good at 32 as they were at 25-27.

 

[ChaosAgent]

The 4 Nations team ran by Sully and Guerin… I thought he was Sullys pet!!!

I don’t know either but I do think he deserves to be in the discussion.

I think what gets lost with being overly harsh on guys like Rust (not saying that he’s amazing) is that sure they wouldn’t be super useful without playing next to a star center.. but there’s a lot of star centers in the league. And honestly there’s quite a few more dynamic than aging Sid and Geno. He could do this on a lot of teams.

Exactly. Acting as though the guy is a creation of his centers - we are not talking the 2013-2014 versions of his centers here. They are adequate as far as top 6 centers go. One may even say "mid."

 

[HandshakeLine]

Exactly. Acting as though the guy is a creation of his centers - we are not talking the 2013-2014 versions of his centers here. They are adequate as far as top 6 centers go. One may even say "mid."

Okay. They're mid too.

Middle Malkin, Midney Sidney.