Todd Reirden said Friday that Bryan Rust was someone who "you don't realize how good he really is" until he's missing from the lineup.
After being sidelined for the last seven games with a lower-body injury sustained from a hit in the Penguins' second game of the season on Oct. 14, Rust made his return to the Penguins' lineup on Saturday in a 5-4 shootout loss to the Wild at PPG Paints Arena.
It didn't look like he had missed a beat.