Jake is really showing his value now that he gets to play with legit players on the top line after his hattrick last night. The stats you cherry picked of him the last year and this are based on Jake being on the 3rd and 4th line and sat by Cassidy. He was clearly mentally effected by Covid and did not play not much on the powerplay, that all contributed to his decline for that time period. That and having lingering effects from the Kadri concussion hit. It takes some players a few years to get over them, that was the case for Eriksson.
Also the Bergeron having as many pts as Chiarot lately is laughable. Those games were his first few games back after Sid slew footed him accidentally, he seemed to play tentatively. There were fears it was his 5th concussion and a career ender. I would be timid in my next few games back, adding Pastrnak is no longer on the top line but it was Craig Smith, who this year has been not been good.
If Boston is going to give up a first it will not be for a soon to be 31 year old. Would you not rather use that on a 23 year old Jakob Chychrun or what they really need - Hertl. This talk of Chiarot is not good at all for a 1st round pick in a deep draft. He is not the game changer they desire, a nice piece for sure and someone else may give them a first, just not seeing it for Boston.