«[My phone] has been blowing up, but they're actually happy for me, at least for the Boston side of guys,» DeBrusk explained. «I have lots of good friends over there and guys I've played with for a long time that understood something like this was probably going to happen, but they're just really excited for me.»
«In terms of the rivalry,» he continued, «obviously playing with [Brad Marchand] and [Patrice Bergeron] for the first couple of yearsthere's a little bit of that, especially with the fans, especially with [Marchand]. I mean that's always pretty obvious, but I [arrived] after that. I remember watching it, but I was not a part of that team. It was always interesting seeing how people reacted around [Marchand], which I totally understand.»
