Player Discussion Jake DeBrusk

[credulous]

Realistically, he should be making $3.5-4 million per for what he actually brings to the table.

i dunno, i think his contract is fair for when it was signed. you're not getting a top six winger in ufa for 3.5-4m unless you get lucky and uncover an underappreciated player

the real problem is after boeser the canucks wingers are all not really ideal top 6 wingers. garland produces but has problems when playing with other good players. joshua is kind of limited offensively. sherwood, heinen and suter are all depth guys. if they had another top 6 winger to push debrusk down the lineup a bit he'd look a lot better imo

 

[Quinning]

i dunno, i think his contract is fair for when it was signed. you're not getting a top six winger in ufa for 3.5-4m unless you get lucky and uncover an underappreciated player

the real problem is after boeser the canucks wingers are all not really ideal top 6 wingers. garland produces but has problems when playing with other good players. joshua is kind of limited offensively. sherwood, heinen and suter are all depth guys. if they had another top 6 winger to push debrusk down the lineup a bit he'd look a lot better imo

You're ideally hoping Lekkermaki fills that role as he's on an ELC. But he doesn't look quite ready for that yet.

 

[vadim sharifijanov]

in the debrusk role, what this team really needed was a latter day mikael samuelsson. a middle six winger with the hands to plug in and play a complementary role on a top line if needed but undervalued and getting paid like a middle sixer.

debrusk is that too, other than the money part. he’s probably at 1.5x the cost of the guy we ideally would want, although i don’t know that there was a sammy available this summer.

 

[sandwichbird2023]

in the debrusk role, what this team really needed was a latter day mikael samuelsson. a middle six winger with the hands to plug in and play a complementary role on a top line if needed but undervalued and getting paid like a middle sixer.

debrusk is that too, other than the money part. he’s probably at 1.5x the cost of the guy we ideally would want, although i don’t know that there was a sammy available this summer.

Maybe Sherwood is that guy then? He surprised me with his shot, and he can actually make plays, he is much more skilled than I gave him credit for. He is paid like a bottom 6 guy but you can plug him onto any line and he would perform well in any role, at least he has so far anyways.

 

[credulous]

Maybe Sherwood is that guy then? He surprised me with his shot, and he can actually make plays, he is much more skilled than I gave him credit for. He is paid like a bottom 6 guy but you can plug him onto any line and he would perform well in any role, at least he has so far anyways.

there were like 3-4 plays last night where his lack of offensive polish really showed and resulted in a blown chance. i like the player a lot but you're missing opportunities when you play him in the top six over a player with a more refined game

 

[lawrence]

debrusk has been fine for us.

he had 4 points in the first 5 games of the season. Followed by a 4 game game point drought, just around the time Petey started to struggle, (Petey is the main driver of that line, no doubt).

After that, Debrusk had 7 points in 8 game. this is also the same time Pettersson is starting to play much better, but now he has 0 points in his last 2 games, but prior to that 7 points 8 games, so I think hes fine, there are some extended droughts, but once he learns Tocchets system, I think he will be more consistent for us.

 

[MarkusNaslund19]

DeBrusk hasn't started great. But with the cap going up, having a good all around second line winger for 5.5 million is going to look like a serious bargain soon. He's also a bit of a feast or famine guy who tends to thrive in tighter checking playoff style games. Let's not act like his story has been written after 18 games for a team still finding it's identity this year and struggling with injuries.

 

[F A N]

in the debrusk role, what this team really needed was a latter day mikael samuelsson. a middle six winger with the hands to plug in and play a complementary role on a top line if needed but undervalued and getting paid like a middle sixer.

debrusk is that too, other than the money part. he’s probably at 1.5x the cost of the guy we ideally would want, although i don’t know that there was a sammy available this summer.

I think what we needed was an elite winger to play with Petey. Failing that a legit top 6 winger who has at least a few prime years left. I think Debrusk is a legit top 6 winger so I think he’s a better fit than a modern day Samuelsson (who was 32 turning 33 the same year when we signed him). But ya I get your point and right now we have Sherwood vastly outperforming his contract.