Edited Jan. 17, 2022 at 1:52 p.m.
Quoting: Devil1122
Which of those aren't true?
I believe i just told you.
He is not better by any metric currently. In fact over the last 20 games Debrusk has been better.
The narrative is that Debrusk is a one dimensional floater whose only value is goals and needs to be hidden on D. Yet his defensive zone starts are 52.7 this year compared to Zacha’s 47.4 and has more time on the PK than Zacha.
Age, sure techincally, 6 months. In terms of hockey, they are the same. At seasons end same age, become UFA capable same year, developmentally the same. So no.
PPG higher than Debrusk while at wing? Well i don’t have the breakdown numbers in front of me. But Debrusk averaged .62ppg first 3 years. Zacha exceeded .5 once in his career (and has failed to build on it which could mean outlier) he took over 600 faceoffs in that shortened season so i’ll go out on a limb and say he spent most of it at center which even if the stat is true is small sample size and mostly irrelevant.
Honestly stopped reading at that point as it was just biased BS.
Bottom line as i said. His ability to play center and smaller QO is the only advantage he has. As such Boston adding a 3rd or 4th or mid-level prospect to even out value is not out of the question. However Boston won’t at this time so it’s highly unlikely as neither side will come to a compromise that will work for both. 🤷🏻♂️