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Former Bruins forward healthy scratched — ‘It’s embarrassing’
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Jake DeBrusk hasn’t missed a game since signing with the Vancouver Canucks ahead of the 2024-25 season.
That will change on Monday.
The former Boston Bruins forward will be a healthy scratch for Vancouver’s game against the Seattle Kraken.
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“I think it’s going to be a good reset for him,” coach Adam Foote told reporters on Sunday .
While frustrated, DeBrusk said he understood the decision.
“It’s embarrassing,” he said . “Anytime you miss a game, it’s, it’s embarrassing. I’d be wrong if I wasn’t saying I’d be pissed off right now, but I understand. And I need a jolt too, I obviously haven’t been good enough. Anytime that you’re in this position, it’s lots of things. So, I gotta control what I can do from this point forward and just worry about me. I think there’s a lot of different things. The good thing about this situation, in my previous times being scratched, you have a clean slate. So I care less about what has happened.”
In 2023 while with the Bruins, then-coach Jim Montgomery scratched DeBrusk early in the season because he was late to a team meeting. He was also a healthy scratch during the 2020-21 season under Bruce Cassidy.
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DeBrusk has nine goals through 37 games for the Canucks this season. However, just one of those goals has come at even strength.
“I’ve been known my whole career as a 5-on-5 contributor and it hasn’t come,” DeBrusk said . “It’s been probably the most frustrating year of my career by far.”
It’s unclear when DeBrusk will return to Vancouver’s lineup, but Foote hasn’t lost faith that the forward will be able to find his game after watching from the press box.
“This will be good for him,” Foote said . “Sometimes, it’s good to sit back and rest that brain and come back in.”
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