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Should the Bruins TRADE Jake DeBrusk?



Should the Bruins TRADE Jake DeBrusk?

So you see the banner see what this video is going to be about should Jake de brus get traded and listen last season he was fantastic for the Bruins when he was on the ice this year has is not been a similar situation he is underperformed now he’s making 4

Million per year this is the last year of his deal he if you remember he’s kind of signed that bridge deal to kind of hopefully make more money in the long run but it doesn’t seem like that’s going to be the case and de brus had some comments about his future in Boston

Which were very interesting this is what he had to say I mean of course I do worry de bruss admitted when asked if the current situation is making him a bit unnerved about this year’s trade deadline I mean I understand and I feel like I’ve been

Around here long enough to know how the league works and the sense of things and obviously there’s different things like guys getting injured around the league and different stuff that kind of happens that is out of normal control it’ll be interesting to see what H it will be

Interesting to see what teams are aggressive what teams aren’t but of course you always have that in the back of your mind I mean there’s obviously two years ago was a little bit more intense on that side of things but I think ever since I’ve been here I’ve been worried

So let’s just kind of go right into it man debrus has had for what we expected going into it kind of a mediocre year and 5 58 games played 13 goals 14 assists for 27 points now if you recall last year right last year in 6 four games

Played he had 27 goals 23 assists for 50 points but let’s not fool ourselves this was the flash in the pan season for him as a bruin now you could argue the 42 points the season prior I mean he started to show progression but I I

Think Jake de brus get most is going to be around a 40 50 point guy he’s never going to be that first round Draft pick status but Bruins fans were excited I mean I was excited like okay maybe this guy can eventually become like a 60 70

Point guy but he’s just too hot and cold he’s too streaky he’s not consistent enough and there was some genuine question marks you had I mean was he more of a product of the centers that he play with was he more of a product of

Berson was he more of a product when CI when he sometimes play with him as well you know that was the honest to God conversation and I think honestly yeah it does seems like that to be the case I think he’s effective I think a 40p point

Guy is always going to have a role in the NHL but there’s no way he’s ever going to get some massive type of contract and I mean even his trade value at this point what is a team really going to be willing to give up for a guy

Like Jake debrusk I mean his ceiling is probably around 40 50 points and that’s respectable that’s a good NHL but for what he wanted prior in previous conversation with the Bruins I mean I don’t see him making much more than 4 mil if at all more than 4 mil you can

Find guys that score around 30 40 points uh and possibly 50 points around the 3 to 4 million marker when I look at the Bruins right and I’ve had this conversation about them overall as a team I think they’re a very solid team I think they have their holes in their

Roster but more importantly when you look at the draft coming up they don’t have a draft picked at all in the first three rounds and then next season in 2025 draft they don’t have a second or a fourth round pick the bers the Bruins I should just call them the berson but

It’s pretty much what they were the Bruins gave up a lot of future assets to win now to be in a situation where they can compete do you move a guy like Jake debrus who might get you a third rounder possibly a second rounder depending how

Desperate the team is or maybe how that team’s like they put him in a certain role and they can get them they can maximize him as a player um but I I just I think for me as it I I don’t know if you would get enough value back from

Jake de bruss to even make sense dealing him now if you could kind of move a package involve de brus in a package to get a guy like Noah Hanan for example exle which they’ve been tied to in rumors I would be completely fine with that but when you look at the Bruins

Depth chart you know you get rid of a guy like debrus and a lot of Bruins fans do have problems with him uh who’s going to slot in that top six role and and Fit admirably I mean you could argue you put Frederick up there who’s had a little

Bit more production uh maybe you expand his role and maybe he could be that you know 50 60 point guy in the second line role I mean maybe you give that a shot uh but you know there there are some question marks with the Bruins and if

You get rid of a guy like debrusk who when he’s playing well and when he’s skating he is effective uh do you feel like do you feel confident enough in his particular role that he can come in that a player in the AHL can come in and fit

In a third fourth line and you bump a guy like Frederick up in the second line and still not miss a beat that’s the honest to God question so for me when I look at the Bruins and the Jake de Brusque rumors and how things are going to pan out in the long

Run this is just this is just my honest to God perspective it would make no sense to move Jake to brusk at this point because I don’t think there’s a great internal option I mean even a third line role like let’s say you move Frederick up because he’s had a pretty

Good season who in the AHL do you feel confident enough they can replace him unless you’re moving to Brusque in a package to get Hanahan and maybe like a bottom six NHL player I’m not really sure uh unless you get a team that’s really high on him and they think last

Season is what he should be and you could justify you know trading de bruss for like a second or third round pick I’m just I’m not too sure right and you could argue draft picks aren’t always a sure thing a lot of draft picks never get into the NHL so you’re trading a

Proven NHL for a draft pick but also teams hold those assets in high regard because they think like hey a second a third round pick that should be a good quality NHL if if things work out so does Jake de brus get traded no should he get

Traded no do I think the Bruin should resign him the only way it makes sense for the Bruins to resign Jake de brus is if the contract’s reasonable if he’s asking for another four mil contract I mean I’m not mad at that but I don’t

Know I I just I think unless he proves me wrong and I actually hope he proves me wrong I just think Jake de brosk is like a 40 50 point guy at most and you don’t want to overpay for those type of guys cuz then that can make building

Your roster and building a contender far more difficult but I’d like to know your thoughts Down Below in the comment section do you believe Jake debrusk should be traded or do you think the Bruins should resign him and if you do want the Bruins to resign him what

Should be the CIT let me know Down Below in the comment section I’m captain Paul I’ll see you in the next one

Jake DeBrusk recently made some comments about his future with the Boston Bruins. The trade deadline is approaching and the talks of an extension seemed to have reached an impasse. Should the Bruins trade Jake DeBrusk? Let me know your thoughts in the comment section!

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14 Comments

  1. I read recently, a quote that was attributed to him. Where he states that it is more difficult for him this year, because he has to play more 2-way. Last year Bergeron was covering a lot of the defensive assignment.

  2. Jake's a playoff player who stated early in his career he wanted to remain a bruin for life. That'll be a loyalty contract.

    I'd be careful trading away our fastest player, and we don't want to play against him.

    Bergeron & Krejci needed his speed at times to make those plays.

    Is staying on a loyalty contract fits for his post- hockey career goals:

    He wants to do color commentary when Jack Edwards is done.
    👍

    🐻🏆

  3. Trading Jake would bum me out. Streaky offensive production aside, there are a lot of times where it seems like he's the only one on the ice capable of quick thinking and play making, especially when the team as a whole is in the midst of a losing downbeat.

  4. His production isn’t even what bothers me, feels like his decision making and effort just aren’t the same as they were in prior seasons

  5. It's a tough one with DeBrusk. I think overall he is a fan favorite. He presents himself as a likable guy which probably carries over into the locker room as well, and makes him a great character guy to have around. Hypothetically speaking, if he were still around when Marshy retires, he'd undoubtedly be wearing an "A" on his jersey. I think the deal with DeBrusk is that he's more of a support player, he can do great things and do them consistently if he's playing alongside the right guys…it's not surprising his best season was on a line with Bergy and Marshy, and some of his worst was when Cassidy kept sticking him on the 3rd line. But he's never going to be like Pasta where he can singlehandedly take over a game, at least not with the frequency that Pasta does. I don't know what the answer is with DeBrusk, if they do trade him, I think it should be for draft picks, he's easily worth a 2nd rounder and then some, maybe you could even rob a team blind of a 1st if they're desperate enough, the only other thing acceptable would be a package deal for Hanifin…otherwise, I'd say keep him around and sign him hopefully for a reasonable price He's not really a liability on the team, he just hasn't quite met expectations. I think Ullmark is the Bruins biggest and most sensible trade chip (meaning DON'T trade prospects) if they want to upgrade on the top six, but that will probably have to wait until the offseason.

  6. I wouldn't want to lose him unless it was an EXCEPTIONAL deal coming back. As you said, draft picks don't always pan out.
    Keep him. Do the "ego stroking" thing. Hopefully, he's happy enough to stay with Boston for $4M (what a "struggle").
    I was a bit upset when he whined about wanting to be traded out of Boston a few years back. I'm hoping he's matured since then.

  7. Everyone is expendable, bottom line. Sweeney dows pretty good at trades so if DeBrusk goes I think it will be worth it based on the return. I fear Sweeney's draft picks far more than his trades.

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