The Ottawa Senators started the process last night of selling off high salary players in making an in-game trade.
The Senators traded Dion Phaneuf, forward Nate Thompson to the Los Angeles Kings for winger Marian Gaborik and center Nick Shore.
Even with the Senators retaining 25% of Phaneuf’s cap hit, this was a cash driven deal as the Senators will save around $5 million in actual cash and there’s a chance Marian Gaborik goes off in the sunset to retire/or to Europe before his deal is up that spans three more seasons.
Phaneuf gets to stay in Pittsburgh for a few more days to hang with his pal Phil Kessel as Phaneuf’s new team the Kings play the Penguins Thursday night.
What would have been something if the Senators also left Derick Brassard in town.
As the Senators are trying to take advantage of a sellers market and get a high return for the 30 year Brassard, a player executives now view as the best ‘available’ center on the market, Brassard made quite an impression in front of the Penguins brass Tuesday night.
Brassard scored a goal scorers goal down the left side early in the second period and he was one of the best players on the ice in all facets.
At 5-on-5, Brassard was at 63% (21-11) in possession, +8 in Scoring Chances (14-6, 70%) and +5 in High Danger Chances (6-1). He played the tough matchups too in facing Sidney Crosby for over 9 minutes and over 4 minutes against Malkin.
This was a glimpse against top tier talent of what Brassard could bring to the table, especially in a third line center role where the matchups would be much more favorable.
The Penguins intend to stay To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”! another team looking hard at Brassard is Winnipeg whose top decision makers made a scouting trip to specifically scout Brassard last night, per a league source.
It was a good night for the Senators in how well Brassard is playing less than two weeks out from the deadline.
— The biggest surprise from the Penguins last February in the days leading up to the deadline was how close they got to acquiring Martin Hanzal. Few expected the Penguins to be in the Hanzal market because they had Nick Bonino and Matt Cullen in their bottom-6, yet, Jim Rutherford who is always willing to upgrade the roster no matter what, To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
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A ton of comparables is going on in regards to the Penguins trade list.
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Funny its always those democratic areas that happens. And no Florida is not Republican state just a temporary faze for those fat slobs
Has some pretty lose laws there sammich
https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/state-gun-laws/florida/
I see chubster is relaying news that’s posted in the article. His mom and her boyfriends must be proud.
Shooting in Florida. Yet they cant track fat slob
Brassard would be the perfect answer a combination of goal scoring and toughness…..price tag may be too high
Brassard was impressive last night. Isn’t he a LH shot though?
according to the gif at the top of the page yes!
Don’t believe the gif. Ideally Pens need RH C3
Why ideally? They ran 4 lefties the last two years
Phaneuf to King’s where is shitstain we need him he always has the news 2 days before NHL kings are aggressively pursuing Nash or kane
if you read…which im sure you are incapable of doing successfully…then you would know the first sentence tells everyone that
You mean Dion Falafel.
Get lost fatso everything has to be food related for you. You fat slob
Brassard as a 3C would be a huge win and possibly even be an upgrade over what Bonino provided for the team during the cup runs. I’d also be excited to get Grabner to add to our bottom six and PK.
Cullen was great for the team but is a distant third for me in players mentioned in the article.
Agree but Cullen fit pens system he knows how team plays and accepts his role. . What makes us say the other players will fit to the team system
Brassard and Grabner both would be excellent additions….. Sheahan is out performing Bonino who only has 12 points this year. if we got Brassard wow… i think we got rid of Bonino just in time he signed a huge 4 year deal with Nashville…still a solid player
Just ask zerotool how his buddy bonino doing
Well, 1st off I flat out said not for 4 million… second he has missed more than a dozen games this year lol. Now I really like what Sheahan has brought but lets look at them just because you’re a stupid fuckk Sheahan 57GP 6G 15A for 21PTS – 9G 22A 30 points over 82 Bones 44GP 7G 9A for 16PTS – 13G 17A 30 Points over 82 Account for him being injured and it plausible he had slowed due to the injury, add to the fact that the Pens have played 3 more games than the Preds at the… Read more »