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2024 NHL Free Agency Superlatives - Best Bargain Jake DeBrusk, Vancouver Canucks
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Jul 10, 2024
Host Matthew Zator gets together with Jacob Billington and Derek Olsen to do some superlatives for the players that have signed in free agency since July 1. In this clip, Derek talks about Jake DeBrusk's contract being a bargain for the Vancouver Canucks.
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Best bargain, although there's quite a few
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that you could pick from. Derek, who do you think is the best bargain
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I wrote an article on the Substack for premium Substack. If you haven't checked that out, check that out
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I picked a few bargain guys, but who's yours, the best bargain right now
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Who's gonna end up being the best bargain, I guess. Yeah, I'm glad you made that point right there
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because the best bargain can kind of go either way, right? There's on paper contracts right now
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like the one year low value deals you know they're just gonna work out, odds are
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But it's those six, seven year contracts that right now look maybe, ooh
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but you can see like Zach Hyman. I mean, it's a great example, right
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And speaking of him, I had Jake DeBrusque's contract as my best bargain
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You're gonna like that, I'm sure, Matthew. Seven years, 38 million, 38 and a half million
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is exactly the same figure as Zach Hyman's contract with the Angus Oilers, which I thought was kind of funny
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However, obviously Hyman signed his at 29 and DeBrusque is just 27
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So that's already playing into the Canucks favor. Scored at least 25 goals three times now
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and he averages around the 45, 47 point mark per season. But that number I think is gonna balloon
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in the Canucks organization playing either alongside JT Miller who scored over 100 points
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or Elias Pedersen, who's again, one of the best centers in the league. So there's been clamoring for him
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about him needing a fresh start for the last, you know, it seems like almost his whole career
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and he finally has it now. So he has that chip off his shoulder
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and he doesn't have to worry about contract security so he can relax in that regard too
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He's set, you know, this is where I'm playing for the next seven years, let's do this
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And he's, you know, he's everything that the Canucks need really. It's a win-win for both
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I mean, he gets to play in a Canadian hockey market again and come home so he'll be motivated in that way
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And it's also one that has a high chance of winning in the near future, obviously
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the Canucks, you know, a couple more bounces and they might've, I don't know
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I don't wanna say ended up in the Stanley Cup final. Still, you know, he's a rugged power forward-esque player
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who can score in a variety of ways and he's gonna thrive, I think
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He also doesn't get recognition for his defensive game. When I looked, he had over 100 hits this last season
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He had 48 block shots and 36 takeaways. I thought that was quite impressive
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And we usually just look at the goals and assists. So that's super important
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And I mean, in that regard, he could potentially factor in big time to the Canucks' penalty kill in addition to their power play
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which you don't usually get for under a million or 6 million buck season. So I look for him to break out and potentially score 30
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and hopefully get the Canucks deeper in the playoffs
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