The Little Mermaids

BRYAN RUST

AGE34POSF

The Little Mermaids

PositionF

BirthdayMay 11, 1992

Age34

DraftUndrafted

Drafted By-

Length1 Year (UFA)

Signed By

TLMon April 14, 2026

Season	Clause	Age	Cap %	Cap Hit	Minors
2026-27	NTC	34	3.3	$5,125,000	-

Length4 Years (UFA)

Signed By

OLYon May 21, 2022

Season	Clause	Age	Cap %	Cap Hit	Minors
2022-23	M-NMC	30	4.1	$5,125,000	$4,000,000
2023-24	M-NMC	31	4.1	$5,125,000	$3,975,000
2024-25	M-NMC	32	3.9	$5,125,000	$3,975,000
2025-26	M-NMC	33	1.8	$2,562,500	$1,412,500

Length3 Years (RFA)

Signed By

NOTon February 25, 2020

Season	Clause	Age	Cap %	Cap Hit	Minors
2019-20	-	27	2.9	$3,500,000	$0
2020-21	-	28	2.8	$3,500,000	$0
2021-22	-	29	2.8	$3,500,000	$0

Date	Trade Details
Sep 18, 2025 Retained Salary	The Little Mermaids acquire: Bryan Rust Retention Bryan Rust $2,562,500 (50%) Zero Pucks Given acquire: 2027 3rd Round Pick The Little Mermaids 2026 7th Round Pick The Little Mermaids
Dec 22, 2022 Retained Salary	Olympiakos HC acquire: Jeff Skinner Retention Jeff Skinner $2,700,000 (30%) Zero Pucks Given acquire: Bryan Rust 2024 2nd Round Pick Smash Bros (#19 - Liam Greentree)
Mar 19, 2022	Olympiakos HC acquire: Bryan Rust Jeff Petry 2022 3rd Round Pick Olympiakos HC (#31 - Filip Mesar) The Dark Knights acquire: Seth Jones Alex Goligoski 2022 5th Round Pick Olympiakos HC (#53 - Mike Benning)
Jul 18, 2020	Notorious acquire: Tristan Jarry Josh Norris 2023 1st Round Pick The Dark Knights (#9 - Colby Barlow) 2025 2nd Round Pick The Dark Knights (#16 - Justin Carbonneau) The Dark Knights acquire: Bryan Rust Kevin Labanc Michael DiPietro 2021 5th Round Pick Saucin' (#46 - Zach Dean) 2022 3rd Round Pick Saucin' (#29 - Jimmy Snuggerud) 2023 2nd Round Pick Smash Bros (#19 - David Reinbacher)

Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	Pace	+/-	SOG	S/G	S%	PPG	PPP	SHG	SHP	GWG	TOI
2025-26	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	72	29	36	65	74	0	183	2.5	15.8	8	24	1	2	4	19:57
2024-25	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	71	31	34	65	75	-21	191	2.7	16.2	5	18	0	0	5	19:45
2023-24	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	62	28	28	56	74	10	196	3.2	14.3	3	9	1	1	3	19:35
2022-23	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	81	20	26	46	47	-4	211	2.6	9.5	2	11	0	1	2	17:54
2021-22	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	60	24	34	58	79	7	180	3.0	13.3	9	21	0	0	1	18:46
2020-21	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	56	22	20	42	62	9	154	2.8	14.3	6	11	0	0	6	19:43
2019-20	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	55	27	29	56	83	14	151	2.7	17.9	8	17	1	2	4	19:46
2018-19	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	72	18	17	35	40	10	141	2.0	12.8	0	0	2	4	4	15:54
2017-18	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	69	13	25	38	45	11	123	1.8	10.6	2	4	2	3	3	16:03
2016-17	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	57	15	13	28	40	4	110	1.9	13.6	0	0	0	1	1	13:38
2015-16	Wilkes-Barre	AHL	16	3	3	6	31	-5	40	2.5	7.5	1	-	0	-	1	-
-	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	41	4	7	11	22	1	68	1.7	5.9	0	1	0	0	1	12:30
2014-15	Wilkes-Barre	AHL	45	13	14	27	49	6	109	2.4	11.9	3	-	0	-	3	-
-	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL	14	1	1	2	12	-3	34	2.4	2.9	0	0	0	0	0	12:02
2013-14	Wilkes-Barre	AHL	2	0	0	0	-	0	2	1.0	0.0	0	-	0	-	0	-
-	U. of Notre Dame	H-East	40	17	16	33	68	-	-	-	-	4	-	2	-	3	-
2012-13	U. of Notre Dame	CCHA	41	15	19	34	68	-	-	-	-	5	-	1	-	4	-
2011-12	U. of Notre Dame	CCHA	40	5	6	11	23	-	-	-	-	0	-	0	-	1	-
2010-11	U. of Notre Dame	CCHA	40	6	13	19	39	-	-	-	-	0	-	1	-	0	-
2009-10	USA	WJ18-A	7	4	2	6	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	USNTDP	U-18	38	16	13	29	63	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	USNTDP	U-17	1	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	USNTDP	USHL	27	10	13	23	70	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008-09	USNTDP	U-17	16	3	2	5	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	USNTDP	NAHL	42	6	9	15	29	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007-08	Det. Honeybaked	Minor-MI	37	27	20	47	104	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
-	Det. Honeybaked	MWEHL	31	17	28	45	119	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006-07	Honeybaked Bantam Major AAA	T1EBHL	29	15	28	43	122	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005-06	Honeybaked Bantam Minor AAA	T1EMBHL	28	11	19	30	88	0	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-