Jake DeBrusk and the Bruins are on to Round 2 against the Blue Jackets. And the second-year winger couldn’t be happier.
But he had touchy subject he wanted to get off his chest following Boston’s Round 1 win over the Maple Leafs. A topic that heated up after getting cross-checked in the face by Nazem Kadri in Game 2.
DeBrusk had his hardest skating game of the series in that Game 2. The 2015 first-round pick irritated Kadri — a game removed from slew footing DeBrusk — and the rest of the Leafs with an aggressive physical display.