Jake Debrusk revealed that he was scared of this Boston Bruins teammate

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Ryan Hall
July 19, 2024 (2:18 PM)

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It's been a few weeks since Jake Debrusk signed a new contract with the Vancouver Canucks and during his time away from the team he revealed that he was intimidated and scared against Bruins captain Zdeno Chara.

During an interview with Cam & Strick podcast, Debrusk explained Respect, trust and overall love for his former captain. However, when he first met Chara he was quite intimidated.

«Super calm demeanor. Like such a nice guy and I love Z, but at the beginning, you're intimidated. You are straight up intimidated seeing Z for the first time,» DeBrusk recalled when he appeared on «The Cam & Strick Podcast» on Tuesday. «I remember the first time I saw him on the ice; it was even more intimidating. We had a one-on-one drill, and I was like, �Oh my God, I don't even know how to attack this guy right now.' It's like I never seen anything like (him) at the time, but you get used to it as time goes on.»

Both men had played together for numerous years and the brusque brought back an old memory regarding a defensive drill that Chara wanted to run and, in the end, he asked Debrusk to remain with him and fired numerous shots at Debrusk in an attempt to learn how to tip pucks into the net.

«He brought out like 15 pucks and started bombing shots and told me to stay there,» DeBrusk recalled. «I got a couple of pieces of a couple and stuff, but I was like, �Oh my God.' And he started laughing at me at the end. That just goes to show what kind of guy he is, even in training camp practice.»

Debrusk will now move on from the Bruins and Begin his next chapter with the Vancouver Canucks. It's widely expected that he will always have fond memories of Boston including playing with one of the best defensemen of all time.

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