from Jimmy Murphy of Boston Hockey Now,

Is Boston Bruins winger Jake DeBrusk part of the team’s roster plans past this upcoming season?

If he is, and they haven’t already, they may want to start up talks on a contract extension for DeBrusk, who can become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, 2024.

“Everyone is going to be watching DeBrusk,” an NHL pro scout told Boston Hockey Now on Wednesday. “The Bruins need to know where they stand with him soon if they don’t already. If they’re going to enter the season without an extension, there needs to be some sort of mutual understanding because I think teams will line up for him next July.”

Jake DeBrusk, 26, is coming off two straight seasons of hitting the 25-goal plateau with 25 lamplighters in 77 games of the 2021-22 regular season, and then 27 in 64 games this past season. That’s the second time DeBrusk has scored 27 goals in a season, with the first coming in 2018-19 when he played a key role in the Boston Bruins reaching Game 7 of the 2019 Stanley Cup Final.

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