The Florida Panthers have found a buyer for Derick Brassard, sending the forward to the Colorado Avalanche along with a sixth-round pick according to Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic. The Panthers will receive a 2020 third-round pick. If the Avalanche re-sign Brassard, they will not receive the sixth-round pick. At least he won’t need to get on a plane, as the Panthers are in Colorado to face the Avalanche tonight.
It has been a year of extremes for both Brassard and the Avalanche, who will now come together in an attempt to make the playoffs in the Western Conference. For Brassard this is the second time he has been traded this season and the third time in a calendar year. His stock has dropped incredibly over that year following a disappointing performance with the Pittsburgh Penguins. In 66 games for the Penguins including the playoffs, Brassard recorded just 27 points and was never a fit. In Florida, he put up four points in ten games and still didn’t look like the borderline first-line center he was a few years ago.
Still, for an Avalanche team that was considered a Stanley Cup contender through the first two months of the year this is another step in the right direction. After falling almost completely out of the playoff race the team has won four games in a row and climbed back into contention for a wild card spot. Brassard should give the team a real boost to secondary scoring and could anchor a second line that has given them trouble all year. All that for a third-round pick is a worthwhile gamble, especially given Brassard is relatively inexpensive.
After seeing part of his contract retained, Brassard carries just a $3MM full-season cap hit and is almost free in terms of actual salary. Brassard’s deal was heavily front loaded and he is earning just $1MM total salary this season.
Just walk across the hall Mr. Brassard and your new team will be right there waiting for you
Odd for them to get a guy that will be leaving at the end of the season and they might not make the playoffs anyway.
for a 3rd round pick it’s worth the gamble.
he went for a 1st + when going from ottawa to Pittsburgh
Brassard for Zibanejad is gonna be one of the one sided deals in Rangers history
And I love it so much!
Yeah but he isn’t any where near the same player he was in Ottawa
It was a large package so you can’t exactly say he was worth a 1, he had longer left on his deal and he was going to a team expected to run deep into the playoffs.
Now starring for the Bogus-Burgundy-And-Blue: Commandant Brassard, Police Academy! That’ll get ’em over the top! Coach Bednar needs *real* depth players and Joey Big-Hair shopping at the Fake Rock Ridge isn’t helping…