DeBrusk signs two-year deal with Bruins

BOSTON — The Boston Bruins announced Monday afternoon that they’ve re-signed forward Jake DeBrusk to a two-year deal with an annual average value [AAV] of $3.675 million. DeBrusk, 24, was a restricted free agent for the black and gold this offseason; his new deal will end up paying him $7.35 million over the course of the next two seasons.

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DeBrusk, an Edmonton, Alberta native, was drafted by the Bruins in the first round of the 2015 NHL Entry Draft. Since then, he’s been a mainstay on the team’s second line, serving as the left-wing to C David Krejci. In the shortened 2019-20 season, DeBrusk scored 19 goals in 65 games and finished the year with 35 points (19-16—35).

His best season came in his second year in the NHL. Then, the six-foot, 188-pound winger put together a campaign where he potted 27 goals and added 15 assists on his way to 42 points on the season, a point away from tying his high-water mark of 43 set his rookie year.

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A member of Boston’s 2018-19 team that won the Eastern Conference en route to a seven-game defeat in the 2019 Stanley Cup Final, DeBrusk has appeared in the postseason every year that he’s been in the NHL. During that time, he’s put up a 14-9—23 stat line in 49 games, and netted game-winning goals three times in the playoffs.

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“Since joining the team in 2017-18, DeBrusk ranks fourth on the Bruins in goals (62), fourth in power play goals (17), tied for third in game-winning goals (14), sixth in points (120) and eighth in assists (58),” the team said in a release announcing his signing.

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