Confirmed Trade: [DET/OTT] Alex DeBrincat (signs 4 years, $7.875M AAV) for Dominik Kubalik, Donovan Sebrango, cond. 2024 or 2025 1st (DET or BOS), 2024 4th

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

Debrincat - 6GP - 8G - 4A - 12PTS

Not too shabby.

Wait, is he good? Because from reading about his season in Ottawa I was under the impression he’s an overpaid scrub.

 

[Qward]

 

[FMichael]

Now lets go bump that 'Yzerman overrated' poll thread...

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

Now lets go bump that 'Yzerman overrated' poll thread...

After, what, Detroit's 6th game ?

Better, no one has ever had a really good 6 games and then disappeared again.

 

[FMichael]

After, what, Detroit's 6th game ?

Better, no one has ever had a really good 6 games and then disappeared again.

Bite your tongue!

 

[DueDiligence]

Wait, is he good? Because from reading about his season in Ottawa I was under the impression he’s an overpaid scrub.

He was last year.

 

[ricky0034]

Wait, is he good? Because from reading about his season in Ottawa I was under the impression he’s an overpaid scrub.

must be the weak schedule

 

[OgeeOgelthorpe]

must be the weak schedule

Oh. It sucks that Detroit is only playing such a weak schedule. How are we expected to get a real measure of this team when everyone is worse than them?!

 

[ColbyChaos]

He was last year.

Going from Kane to whoever the scrubs Ottawa had on their second line last year is like going from a Ferrari to a Prius

 

[nbwingsfan]

He was last year.

66pts for his $6.4M last season makes him an overpaid scrub?

 

[Avery Rule]

what a game today lol

 

[Junohockeyfan]

Kubalik dominated the preseason though. So there's that.

 

[TheKrebsCycle]

Dude is fitting like a glove here . That first line is going to be a force for a long time ( assuming health /stay together) .

 

[TheDawnOfANewTage]

He was last year.

Right, but I don’t want no scrub, and I want Debrincat. By the letter of TLC law, then, he cannot be a scrub.

 

[Spring in Fialta]

Sens fans with a lot of egg on their face after how they talked about him.

 

[Kegu]

Sens fans with a lot of egg on their face after how they talked about him.

Sens fans for the most part can be rightfully disappointed in how he played for the team. By his own admission he said he needs to work harder.
Him not being great last year and playing extremely well this year are not mutually excusive. Both can be true.

 

[Ezekial]

Sens fans for the most part can be rightfully disappointed in how he played for the team. By his own admission he said he needs to work harder.
Him not being great last year and playing extremely well this year are not mutually excusive. Both can be true.

Maybe he said he has to work harder and got lazy on it because he didn't want to say he didn't mesh will with his rookie center and Drake Batherson and put it solely on himself.

I get why he played with those players, but talented players elevate other talented players.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

More people trying to make claims on super small sample sizes. Weeeee

 

[Kegu]

Maybe he said he has to work harder and got lazy on it because he didn't want to say he didn't mesh will with his rookie center and Drake Batherson and put it solely on himself.

I get why he played with those players, but talented players elevate other talented players.

And maybe it was because he wasn't super stoked on playing on Canada, but didn't want to draw the ire of an entire Country. End of the day he underperformed, and watching everything go down the way it has is rightfully frustrating for Sens fans.

 

[Petes2424]

There’s no way to ignore what the man is doing in Detroit. 8 goals and 4 assists (6 games) already? Nobody predicted that.

Just to pour more salt into the wound, the Bruins have started the season on fire too. Meaning that 1st Round pick isn’t looking so good either. Chances are, one of the two teams continues playing well this season, and as the pick (from the trade) is the worst of the two, we’re likely looking at a 22-30 type pick. Generally a 4-5 year development type player.

So we probably won’t be able to judge the entire trade, until after Debrincat’s contract (he just signed) expires.

 

[Indrid Cold]

CAT in the HAT trick?

 

[LudwigVonKarlsson]

Oh. It sucks that Detroit is only playing such a weak schedule. How are we expected to get a real measure of this team when everyone is worse than them?!

Detroit fans are already more obnoxious than Devils fans from last year and it's only been 2 weeks.

 

[WaW]

Personally I don't feel Pinto is a massive downgrade to Larkin, that kid is really good. Batherson/Giroux on his wing aint bad either.

Was ADB on the 1PP unit?

This take lmfao.

 

[DueDiligence]

Are you saying it's bad to trade away a prime 40g 1st line player for a glorified 3rd liner and a 1st? Summer of Dorion 2.0.

Sens still look very capable, but man what could have been. The Norris injury last year has so many ripple effects.

Most pro athletes give 100 percent regardless of circumstances especially in a contract year. DBC isn't one of those guys. He's happy now but who knows what will set him off to give less than full effort like he did in Ottawa.

 

[DamonDRW]

Most pro athletes give 100 percent regardless of circumstances especially in a contract year. DBC isn't one of those guys. He's happy now but who knows what will set him off to give less than full effort like he did in Ottawa.

Man that guy scored 66 ots for you last season having a center that had slightly less than half of that. That's a good season.