Bryan Rust tries to laugh off the trade rumors

Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Pittsburgh Penguins GM Kyle Dubas didn’t quiet the trade rumor noise last week when he said he “would look at anything.”

Forward Bryan Rust heard his name in the rumor mill all offseason and tried to laugh it off, knowing that anything is possible.

“I’m aware of it. I spend my summers in Canada, so I think I heard about it more from other people than I saw ,” Rust said. “It is what it is. It’s kind of the nature of the business. It’s just kind of the nature of where this team is at. And obviously, I lost my trade protection, so those things are going to start to come up.”

Rust’s full no-trade clause has expired.

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