Derick Brassard
After four years with the Rangers, on July 18, 2016, he was traded along with a 2018 7th round draft pick, to the Ottawa Senators for Mika Zibanejad and a 2018 2nd round draft pick. The trade had been agreed upon weeks prior, at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. However the Senators did not want to pay a $2 million bonus that Brassard was due to earn on July 15, so they stalled the trade for a few weeks.
In his first season with the Senators, he would help defeat his former team, the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs as Ottawa advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games.
On February 23, 2018, after being surrounded by trade rumours, he was involved in a three team trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Ottawa Senators, and the Vegas Golden Knights. Brassard, along with prospect Vincent Dunn and a third-round 2018 draft pick, were traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 2018 1st-round draft pick, a 2019 third-round draft pick, Ian Cole, and Filip Gustavsson. As part of the three way trade, Brassard briefly transited through the Golden Knights in order for them to retain 40% of Brassard's contract over the next two seasons, keeping the Penguins under the NHL salary cap. The Penguins also received Tobias Lindberg from the Golden Knights in exchange for Ryan Reaves. The trade reunited Brassard with former New York Rangers teammate and close friend Carl Hagelin.
Brassard never found stable chemistry with his linemates in Pittsburgh, and on February 1, 2019, after scoring only 23 points since he was acquired the previous February, Brassard was traded to the Florida Panthers along with Riley Sheahan, a second- and two fourth-round picks in 2019 (one of which initially belonged to the Minnesota Wild) in exchange for Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann.
After just ten games with the Panthers, Brassard was traded to the Colorado Avalanche on February 25, 2019. He was moved along with a conditional 2020 sixth-round pick in exchange for a 2020 third-round pick. Just hours after being traded, he and the Avalanche played the Panthers at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Brassard scored in the game, but the Avalanche lost 4-3 in overtime.
After four years with the Rangers, on July 18, 2016, he was traded along with a 2018 7th round draft pick, to the Ottawa Senators for Mika Zibanejad and a 2018 2nd round draft pick. The trade had been agreed upon weeks prior, at the 2016 NHL Entry Draft. However the Senators did not want to pay a $2 million bonus that Brassard was due to earn on July 15, so they stalled the trade for a few weeks.
In his first season with the Senators, he would help defeat his former team, the New York Rangers in the second round of the playoffs as Ottawa advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals before losing to the eventual Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins in seven games.
On February 23, 2018, after being surrounded by trade rumours, he was involved in a three team trade with the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Ottawa Senators, and the Vegas Golden Knights. Brassard, along with prospect Vincent Dunn and a third-round 2018 draft pick, were traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for a 2018 1st-round draft pick, a 2019 third-round draft pick, Ian Cole, and Filip Gustavsson. As part of the three way trade, Brassard briefly transited through the Golden Knights in order for them to retain 40% of Brassard's contract over the next two seasons, keeping the Penguins under the NHL salary cap. The Penguins also received Tobias Lindberg from the Golden Knights in exchange for Ryan Reaves. The trade reunited Brassard with former New York Rangers teammate and close friend Carl Hagelin.
Brassard never found stable chemistry with his linemates in Pittsburgh, and on February 1, 2019, after scoring only 23 points since he was acquired the previous February, Brassard was traded to the Florida Panthers along with Riley Sheahan, a second- and two fourth-round picks in 2019 (one of which initially belonged to the Minnesota Wild) in exchange for Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann.
After just ten games with the Panthers, Brassard was traded to the Colorado Avalanche on February 25, 2019. He was moved along with a conditional 2020 sixth-round pick in exchange for a 2020 third-round pick. Just hours after being traded, he and the Avalanche played the Panthers at the Pepsi Center in Denver. Brassard scored in the game, but the Avalanche lost 4-3 in overtime.
