Jake DeBrusk’s agent provides update on client ahead of trade deadline
A boost in production and a successful-to-date move to Boston’s top line has not swayed Jake DeBrusk into wanting to stay with the Bruins, according to the latest update from DeBrusk’s camp.
“After speaking with DeBrusk’s agent, Rick Valette, there has not been a change of heart,” Pierre LeBrun said on the latest edition of TSN’s Insider Trading segment Tuesday night. “This means the trade demand is still in place for DeBrusk, to hopefully, in his case, get a trade out of Boston by the March 21 trade deadline.”
To date, the Bruins haven’t received a trade offer that they consider to be a worthwhile move or equal value for DeBrusk. They’ve also made it clear that they won’t sell him for pennies on the dollar. That value has likely only gone up in the eyes of the Bruins, especially as DeBrusk has surged to the tune of seven goals and nine points over his last six games.
Now, a lack of early-season production and general hot-and-cold play isn’t the only reason why teams haven’t been lining up outside the Garden to make their pitches for DeBrusk, as DeBrusk’s status as a pending restricted free agent potentially due some big money has given some teams some pause.
But, according to LeBrun, the Bruins have given DeBrusk’s camp the permission to potentially bypass that qualifying offer dilemma with a potential extension.
“The other thing Valette talked about is that he has informed teams, by the way he has permission to talk directly to other teams, that they’re willing to work on an extension to help facilitate a deal,” LeBrun noted. “A lot of teams are concerned about the $4.4 million qualifying offer to retain his rights this summer, maybe [if there’s] an extension at a cheaper price everyone will go home happy. Bottom line is if he keeps scoring and playing a bigger role, it might help the Bruins and general manager Don Sweeney get better offers than they’ve had to date.”
The Bruins and DeBrusk’s camp have less than three weeks to figure it all out if DeBrusk is going to finish the 2021-22 year in another sweater.
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