Jake DeBrusk has solidified himself as a reasonably dependable secondary scorer for the Boston Bruins over his first two seasons within the NHL.
In reality, the 22-year-old winger flirted with the 30-goal mark this season, netting 27 in simply 68 video games for the Black and Gold.
You can actually say that DeBrusk actually got here into his personal in the course of the Bruins’ first-round playoff matchup towards the Toronto Maple Leafs final season. The winger netted 5 objectives towards the Leafs, together with two in Game 7 because the B’s netted 4 objectives within the third interval to win 6-3.
With the Bruins set to tackle the Maple Leafs as soon as once more within the first spherical of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, DeBrusk mirrored on his playoff debut towards the Leafs final season.
“I wasn’t nervous at all actually before the game,” DeBrusk stated through Boston Sports Journal’s Conor Ryan. “I used to be simply extra so excited to get on the market and play within the Stanley Cup Playoffs personally. But as quickly as we went out after warm-ups and the followers had been dropping it with the towels, it’s what you dream about.
“As a young guy watching hockey, it’s why you love the game. Nerves start hitting you there. But I like that. I think that anytime you get some sort of emotion, I’m good at using it and I just remember being thrown into the fire. But I was down, I was ready to go. And do the best that I could. … I can’t wait to see those towels waving around, I think I’ll be flying out there, to say the least.”
DeBrusk can undoubtedly present some perception to fellow teenager Karson Kuhlman, who is predicted to make his playoff debut and will presumably play reverse DeBrusk on David Krejci’s flank.
But Bruins followers received’t neglect DeBrusk’s emergence final season towards the Leafs, and after a productive sophomore marketing campaign, there will probably be some larger expectations surrounding the 22-year-old this time round.
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