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I think Debrusk would be a great fit for EDM. Problem is EDM is not a great fit for Boston as far as trade goes.
They discussed Debrusk/Bjork for Nurse/Chiasson before the season started. Fell through. Great for you guys as Nurse had his best season and Debrusk his worst by far.
There are 4 scenarios for Debrusk.
Keep him hope he rebounds.
Trade for a d man. A 2nd pair type. Dunn and Graves are popular options. You don’t fit that criteria. Nurse and Broberg would be the only 2 of interest and you are not moving them. No, don’t want Jones, Bear, Lagesson, Samorukov etc. a healthy Klefbom would be of interest. A doubt if he will play again Klefbonm is not.
Trade for a forward of similar value, preferably a RW or C. Only guy you have that fits that scenario is Puju…no thanks. He’ll just pout having to play 3rd line with a crappy center.
Trade for futures. Prospects/picks. Your cupboard is almost as barren as ours is, little of interest to us there. Holloway is off the table. Maybe Lavoie and a 2nd piece. The Arvidsson trade really hurt a Debrusk for picks move.
I think the best move for Boston is wait til after the X draft and deal with Seattle, they should have an excess of D and little O unless side deals are made. Or a team that was hurt by Seattle that lost a FW and has deep D corp.