PENTICTON, B.C. — Jake DeBrusk had a bit of an unfamiliar feeling as he prepared to hit the ice with his Vancouver Canucks teammates Thursday — butterflies.
The 27-year-old winger is no stranger to NHL training camps, but after seven seasons with the Boston Bruins, Thursday marked his first time skating with a new team.
DeBrusk inked a seven-year, US$38.5-million deal with the Canucks when the league's free agent market opened on July 1, and was quickly pencilled in as a linemate for Vancouver's star centre, Elias Pettersson."I think I've seen a lot of really wicked plays by ," he said."And I'm sort of still catching up a little bit, but I'm starting to figure some of it out, I think.
Desharnais was already familiar with Vancouver's playing style, having had a close-up look as a member of the Edmonton Oilers squad that eliminated the Canucks from the playoffs in a gritty, seven-game second-round series in May.
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