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Felger: Where is Jake DeBrusk?

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The Boston Bruins dropped their first game of the season on Thursday night at the TD Garden to the Anaheim Ducks. Through six games this season winger Jake DeBrusk has yet to score a goal. On Friday’s Felger and Mazz, Felger was wondering….where is Jake DeBrusk?

Where is Jake DeBrusk? 

Felger: Upfront with the goal scoring thing, I think there’s guys to start being concerned about, you know, I honestly and I’m not telling you that I watched every minute of it, I drive into the studio and blah, blah, blah, so I didn’t see everything. But what I did see….I never noticed Jake Debrusk. I literally had to go check, in the third period, the box score to see if the guy was in the lineup. Like, was he scratched again or did I miss something? I didn’t notice Jake DeBrusk once last night. He was in the three on three, so I noticed him out there, but I think he has one assist in seven games, something like that. And again, already missing team meetings, already got suspended, and this is after he got his coach fired last year. Good call Bruins! Let’s choose Jake DeBrusk over Bruce Cassidy. That was a good call. And now here we are in a contract year and he’s not playing with Marchanda and Bergeron anymore and he’s donuts across the board and I sort of look at him and that’s just someone I got my eye on. He should be in focus because the Bruins chose him over Bruce Cassidy for all intents and purposes. I think Debrusk was the poster child of that decision. And you don’t for some reason signed Tyler Bertuzzi. You let a bunch of guys go. DeBrusk is supposed to be a big player for you. Where is he? Do you notice him out there?

Mazz: No.

Jim Murray: No.

Felger: Do you ever notice him out there?

Mazz: Well, sometimes when he’s playing well you do. I mean, again, he’s got some speed. He’s a good forechecker when he’s engaged. Like last year there were times I noticed him a lot. He played well…

Felger: With Bergeron and Marchand.

Mazz: So that’s true. But when he’s not noticeable, he’s literally invisible.

Kevin Maggiore has been producing on the Felger & Mazz program since January of 2022 and has been producing with 98.5 The Sports Hub since 2018. Kevin also produces New England Patriots broadcasts on The Sports Hub and has produced Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins broadcasts in the past. Kevin grew up in Saugus, Massachusetts and is still in the area today. A lifelong hockey fan, Kevin collects hockey jerseys and has over 100 jerseys in his collection. Kevin loves spending his time away from the office on the golf course. Kevin writes about all New England sports from Patriots football to Boston Celtics and Boston Bruins.

Listen to Felger and Mazz from 2-6 every Monday-Friday on 98.5 The Sports Hub, with hosts Mike Felger, Tony “Mazz” Massarotti, and Jim Murray “Big Jim”. You can listen live in the Sports Hub App and subscribe to their podcasts here. Follow @FelgerAndMazz on Twitter to keep up with the show!

3 Stars: Ducks spoil B's night with late-game stunners

It took 100 seconds in the third period, and 128 seconds in the overtime session, for the pesky Ducks to turn what was looking like a record-breaking night into pure devastation for the Bruins.

The Bruins, of course, decided to help them out along the way with about a billion failed clears late in the third period and an almost completely possession-free overtime frame. It was about as maddening an ending as the Bruins could have had, especially when you factor in the chances that the Bruins let slip out of reach en route to the collapse.

“I mean, we had opportunities,” Bruins head coach Jim Montgomery said after the loss. “I thought the game was over twice [if] we put it in an empty net; guys whiffing on pucks and guys trying to go for the open net instead of using the walls as an indirect to clear and get off the ice. You know, that was mostly it.

“And the other thing is we could have extended our lead to 4-1 or 5-1. We had many opportunities to do it and we didn’t finish the game. You couple those things together, it’s inexcusable. You can’t you can’t be up 3-1 [with] five minutes left and end up tied in overtime.”

  • In an 0-1 hole through 20 minutes of play thanks to a Radko Gudas shot that bounced off Hampus Lindholm and in, the Bruins stormed back in the middle frame with three goals. The first came on a power-play putaway from Charlie Coyle at the 1:41 mark of the period, and it was a Matt Grzelcyk bomb at four-on-four just 1:20 later. And not to be outdone, and with a two-game goal drought to his name, it was David Pastrnak who gave the Bruins their first and only multi-goal lead of the evening with a goal scored at the 16:40 mark of the period.

    But when the Ducks’ skill guys got their legs going in the final five minutes of action, the Bruins’ mistakes compounded, and ended in the back of their net.

    The late-game meltdown was just the fourth (0-1-3) since Montgomery took over as the team’s head coach in 2022, and put an end to Boston’s six-game win streak to open the season.

    Here are the 98.5 The Sports Hub (dot com) 3 Stars of the night from a loss at TDG…

  • No. 3 Star: Charlie McAvoy

    Oct 5, 2023; New York, New York, USA; Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (73) skates with the puck against the New York Rangers during the first period at Madison Square Garden. Mandatory Credit: Dennis Schneidler-USA TODAY Sports

    Oct 5, 2023; New York, New York, USA; Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy (73) skates with the puck against the New York Rangers during the first period at Madison Square Garden. (Dennis Schneidler/USA TODAY Sports)

  • It’s been a bit of tough sledding, offensively anyway, for the Bruins’ Charlie McAvoy out of the gate this season. But in just one game, McAvoy doubled his assist total, as the 25-year-old finished Thursday’s defeat with three assists, bringing him up to six helpers through seven games this year.

    Factoring in on every Boston goal scored in the losing effort will get you your flowers more often than not, and this was actually the seventh night of at least three assists in McAvoy’s NHL career. Overall, it was the 11th game that featured a three-assist night from a B’s defenseman since 2017, with McAvoy’s seven such efforts joining a list featuring Matt Grzelcyk, Torey Krug, and Hampus Lindholm (twice).

    McAvoy also added a season-high four blocks in the defensive zone.

  • No. 2 Star: David Pastrnak

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 26: David Pastrnak #88 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period at the TD Garden on October 26, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Rich Gagnon/Getty Images)

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – OCTOBER 26: David Pastrnak #88 of the Boston Bruins celebrates his goal against the Anaheim Ducks during the second period at the TD Garden on October 26, 2023. (Rich Gagnon/Getty Images)

  • Montgomery has admitted that the Bruins are a ‘work in progress’ when it comes to their offense, but that is certainly not the case when it comes to David Pastrnak.

    Ice cold by his standards without a point in back-to-back games entering Thursday’s contest (Pastrnak had not gone two straight games without a point since Mar. 2022 prior to this mini-drought), Pastrnak was Boston’s offensive attack in the losing effort, with a goal and an assist in 20:10 of time on ice.

    Pastrnak also hammered a game-high nine shots on the Ducks’ John Gibson, and came within inches of ending this game for the Bruins with a pair of chances that just missed beating Gibson for what would’ve been Pastrnak’s second goal of the evening.

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    – Bruins place defenseman on waivers

    – Sports Hub Underground with Matt Dolloff & Ty Anderson

  • No. 1 Star: Leo Carlsson

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS - OCTOBER 26: Leo Carlsson #91 of the Anaheim Ducks celebrates his goal in the final minutes of regulation to pull the Ducks within a goal at 3-2 with his teammates Trevor Zegras #11 and Sam Carrick #39 against the Boston Bruins at the TD Garden on October 26, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts. (Photo by Rich Gagnon/Getty Images) *** Local Caption *** Leo Carlsson;Trevor Zegras;Sam Carrick

    BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS – OCTOBER 26: Leo Carlsson #91 of the Anaheim Ducks celebrates his goal in the final minutes of regulation to pull the Ducks within a goal at 3-2 at the TD Garden on October 26, 2023. (Rich Gagnon/Getty Images)

  • Boy oh boy do the Ducks have a keeper with Leo Carlsson. Of course, that’s not necessarily a shock when you’re talking about a player taken with the No. 2 overall pick in the 2023 NHL Draft, but even three games into his NHL career, this kid has talent that pops off the page.

    Out there for over 22 minutes in Thursday’s victory, Carlsson popped home the third-period goal that got the Ducks’ rally going, and had a clean-as-hell zone entry and dish to Mason McTavish for the overtime winner.

    And in Carlsson’s 16:40 of even-strength time on ice, the Ducks held a 23-15 advantage in shot attempts, 14-9 edge in on-ice shots, and outscored Boston by a 2-1 mark.

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