The Florida Panthers deal center Derick Brassard down the hall on trade deadline day
On Monday’s NHL trade deadline day, the Panthers added another team to journeyman center Derick Brassard’s NHL resume when they traded him to Colorado, the second time Brassard’s been traded in a month.
The Panthers also sent a conditional sixth-round pick to Colorado that the Panthers will keep if Brassard resigns with the Avalanche. In return, the Panthers got a third-round pick in 2020.
To go from his fifth NHL team to his sixth, Brassard merely had to get off the ice at the Panthers morning skate, take off his jersey and go down the hall to the home locker room — the Panthers play Colorado in Denver’s Pepsi Center on Monday night.
Brassard was with the Panthers for 10 games this month after a Feb. 1 trade that brought Brassard, Riley Sheahan, a second-round pick and two fourth-round picks to the Panthers for centers Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann.
In other moves, Florida acquired forward Cliff Pu from Carolina Hurricanes in exchange for future considerations. Springfield Thunderbirds (AHL) traded forward Tomas Jurco to Charlotte Checkers (AHL) for future considerations. The Panthers also acquired forward Jean-Sebastien Dea from the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for defenseman Chris Wideman. Florida received a 2021 seventh-round draft pick from Winnipeg Jets in exchange for defenseman Bogdan Kiselevich.
“We’re excited to be adding Jean-Sebastien and Cliff to our roster down in Springfield,” said Panthers Assistant General Manager Eric Joyce. “Jean-Sebastien is a character player who adds depth to our organization and is a proven scorer at the American League level; while Cliff has high-end speed, skill and upside. Both of these players will help us in Springfield and have a chance to develop into contributors with the Panthers down the road.”
This story was originally published February 25, 2019 at 2:35 PM.
