On the evening of Nov. 30, Boston Bruins general manager Don Sweeney confirmed that Jake DeBrusk had asked the team to deal him. Trade chatter doesn't get any more official than landing on the front page of NHL.com, but that's where things are between the disgruntled wing and the B's.
It's a split that has seemed inevitable since Boston signed Taylor Hall to a four-year, $24 million contract in July. That left DeBrusk penciled in as a bottom-six forward, with Hall and Brad Marchand solidly ahead of him on the depth chart.