It's been a solid season for Vancouver Canucks forward Jake DeBrusk and he's proving that Patrik Allvin made the right decision in signing him back on July 1st.
It was a big summer for Vancouver Canucks General Manager Patrik Allvin, which included the signing of former Boston Bruins forward Jake DeBrusk to a seven-year contract worth $5.5 million USD per season.
Allvin wasn't done there as he brought in Danton Heinen, Derek Forbort, Jiri Patera, Vincent Desharnais, Kiefer Sherwood all in early July to help round out his roster with some much needed depth.
As is the case every year, teams will try and target certain players, but ultimately miss out on either trading for or signing them as an unrestricted free agent and in 2024, there's one name that the Canucks were linked to quite a bit - Jake Guentzel.
Before the trade deadline in early March, the Vancouver Canucks were among a number of teams linked to the 30-year-old winger, before he was ultimately dealt to the Carolina Hurricanes.
Facing a cap crunch of their own head of free agency, the Hurricanes traded Jake Guentzel to Tampa Bay, where he signed a monster seven-year contract worth $9 million per season, leaving Patrik Allvin and the Canucks searching for a new target.
Jake DeBrusk proving so far that Patrik Allvin made the right choice
As highlighted in a post on social media from Noah Strang of Daily Hive, the Vancouver Canucks are probably smiling quite a bit thanks to the production so far this season from Jake DeBrusk.
Both DeBrusk and Guentzel have played 23 games for their respective clubs, registering 19 and 22 points, respectively.
In terms of value and production, the Canucks have received a pretty good return-on-investment so far from Jake DeBrusk - 19 points in 23 games for someone earning $5.5 million annually, while Jake Guentzel is making $3.5 million more per year, and has just three more points than the Edmonton native.
It's safe to say Patrik Allvin and the Vancouver Canucks are happy with the play and production so far from Jake DeBrusk and hope he'll be able to sustain this for the remainder of the 2024-25 season.
