Jake DeBrusk performed with loads of NHL legends throughout his time with the Boston Bruins.
The 27-year-old ahead performed alongside Stanley Cup champions Patrice Bergeron, Brad Marchand, David Krejci, Adam McQuaid and Zdeno Chara and veterans David Backes, Nick Foligno and Rick Nash.
Of all of the gamers DeBrusk has performed with, one participant really intimidated the 6-foot-1, 198-pound Edmonton, Alberta native — 6-foot-9 Chara.
“Tremendous calm demeanor. Like such a pleasant man and I like Z, however originally, you’re intimidated. You’re straight up intimidated seeing Z for the primary time,” DeBrusk recalled when he appeared on “The Cam & Strick Podcast” on Tuesday. “I keep in mind the primary time I noticed him on the ice; it was much more intimidating. We had a one-on-one drill, and I used to be like, ‘Oh my God, I don’t even know the right way to assault this man proper now.’ It’s like I by no means seen something like (him) on the time, however you get used to it as time goes on.”
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DeBrusk defined in his first coaching camp with the Bruins that the workforce was performing a drill the place the defensemen would find yourself with the puck, and the forwards would drive to the entrance of the online searching for the tip. The then-first time DeBrusk was in a rush with Chara, he leaned away from the online as a result of he didn’t know what to anticipate from the previous captain’s shot.
After the drill, Chara informed DeBrusk to remain on the ice and stand in entrance of the online after observe.
“He introduced out like 15 pucks and began bombing photographs and informed me to remain there,” DeBrusk recalled. “I received a few items of a pair and stuff, however I used to be like, ‘Oh my God.’ And he began laughing at me on the finish. That simply goes to indicate what sort of man he’s, even in coaching camp observe.”
DeBrusk admitted he was scared standing in entrance of the online as a result of he couldn’t learn Chara’s photographs however praised the legendary defenseman for educating him a robust lesson.
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“You gotta go head first into all the pieces, actually, and that’s the way you get by way of it.”
DeBrusk mentioned he discovered so much from the gamers in Boston and hopes to deliver his expertise to Vancouver after signing a seven-year contract with the Canucks.
