Not willing to commit that contract to rust. Also, drop the second-round pick alltogether.

Arent you guys trying to win?

Why is Chicago giving up the younger better player and picks?

How is Rust on a bad contract going to help that?

So I like the idea of a Strome Rust exchange. I am typically a Bowman defender, but he is causing a Strome issue IMO. The hard part for PIT though is he will need to be the Malkin replacement. If you're playing him at wing or bottom 6 you'll be doing the same thing Stan is. Dylan has great vision and scoring, but he's not a 2-way back checking center. The hard part for CHI is they REALLY like Phillip Kurashev and while I think he'd be good at 3rd line roles responsibilities...I think they want to see what he can do.

yikes

Rust is basically Hyman of the Metro