For three straight days, Jake DeBrusk and the Bruins were able to take their minds off hockey.
Rather than pour over film during the team’s off days, DeBrusk spent the holiday break watching holiday classics like Elf, the Grinch and the Harry Potter films (an unorthodox selection, he admits, but a series that remains in regular rotation on network TV in December).
Three days may not seem like a whole lot. But 72 hours away from the rink seemed like the perfect remedy for a forward in desperate need of a reset.
“I think we all did, to be honest,” DeBrusk said Saturday of the benefit of Boston’s Christmas break.