Derick Brassard's playoffs

[Karl Eriksson]

12 GP / 1G/3A/-1 ....0.33 ppg.

He's a career 0.57 ppg playoff performer, and has a reputation for being clutch.

Last year with the sens he went 19 GP/4G/7A and was a +12. Not spectacular, but that kind of showing would have been enough for the pens this year I think.

What happened? Would Bonino have been any better in that position if the Pens had kept him?

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[ZeroPucksGiven]

12 GP / 1G/3A/-1 ....0.33 ppg.

He's a career 0.57 ppg playoff performer, and has a reputation for being clutch.

Last year with the sens he went 19 GP/4G/7A and was a +12. Not spectacular, but that kind of showing would have been enough for the pens this year I think.

What happened? Would Bonino have been any better in that position if the Pens had kept him?

Brassard had a groin injury about 4 games left in the regular season. Prior to that he was really starting to fit in with the Pens. You could tell he wasn't right since coming back

And Bonino was too expensive. Bones had 1 magical playoff run in 2016 with Hags/Kessel and the next year he was plain garbage.

 

[Skrudland2Lomakin]

What's the term left on his contract?

 

[kahlon66]

I think JR really flopped on that trade - Big Game Brass didn't have one big goal or primary assist that helped the Pens.
JR trading Cole was big for the Pens - he was such a playoff warrior and was our toughest D-Man
Reaves could have helped against the Caps rather than Kuhn, Sheary and a dreadful 4th line
Trading a first and perhaps a top prospect was a bad move

Bonino and Cullen scored big goals and played better than their replacements Brass and Sheahan

 

[kahlon66]

1 year at 3 mill cap hit

 

[Sdevils42]

The loss of Ian Cole while subtle on the scoresheet was huge in the intangibles. Pens D was noticeably weaker. Hard to see it at the time of the trade but this obviously didn't work out for Pitt.

 

[PensandCaps]

He was probably our 2nd best forward in game 5 and game 6. The coach misused him, should've played him more and higher in the lineup, not with Sheary and Kuhnackel for 10 mins a game. He was creating chances, just happened to have two seives as linemates.

 

[Brock Radunske]

Still did more than Rick Trash...

 

[Nadal On Clay]

He was probably our 2nd best forward in game 5 and game 6. The coach misused him, should've played him more and higher in the lineup, not with Sheary and Kuhnackel for 10 mins a game. He was creating chances, just happened to have two seives as linemates.

Bonino > Brassard

 

[Nadal On Clay]

He was a disappointment to be honest

 

[PensandCaps]

Bonino > Brassard

Not on planet earth. Not like Bonino was any better last year. Brassard's track record is much better than Boninos, one subpar injury riddled playoff run doesn't change that.

 

[LouJersey]

Still did more than Rick Trash...

On what planet?

 

[Jacob]

He really stunk. Hopefully he was injured.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Not on planet earth. Not like Bonino was any better last year. Brassard's track record is much better than Boninos, one subpar injury riddled playoff run doesn't change that.

Bonino was better for us than Brassard. Your Earth planet is very weird.

 

[Gsus]

What's the term left on his contract?

Let Me Google That

 

[Bonesy9]

Let Me Google That

thanks for being a team player

 

[ZeroPucksGiven]

Bonino > Brassard

Not a healthy Brassard.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

His injury really hurt a lot, and being thrown into the roster when he was isn't always easy.

With a full camp and season to work with the squad I have no doubts that he'll have a productive season next year.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Not a healthy Brassard.

You could play that card with Bonino too. Mostly last year

 

[PensandCaps]

Bonino was better for us than Brassard. Your Earth planet is very weird.

Not last year. Bonino was invisible. Only difference is his team picked him up. 7 points..lol. And he played more mins and with better linemates. Brassard was actually better this year than Bonino was last year. Just that the team was worse.

 

[Jacob]

Brassard sucked these playoffs, but he's also a better player than Nick Bonino. Assuming both are healthy, it's a no brainer which one 31 GMs would take on their team.

 

[PensandCaps]

You could play that card with Bonino too. Mostly last year

Except you have a career worth of stats that show Brassard being the much better player. Playoffs included.

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Not last year. Bonino was invisible. Only difference is his team picked him up. 7 points..lol. And he played more mins and with better linemates. Brassard was actually better this year than Bonino was last year. Just that the team was worse.

Lets ignore Bonino was injured too last year. I mean, that’s the excuse for Brassard this year, isn’t it?

 

[Nadal On Clay]

Except you have a career worth of stats that show Brassard being the much better player. Playoffs included.

Bonino was better for us than Brassard. Your Earth planet is very weird.

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[PensandCaps]

Lets ignore Bonino was injured too last year. I mean, that’s the excuse for Brassard this year, isn’t it?

I gave Bonino slack for sure. He wasn't a liability. Still glad we let him walk. Not worth 4.1 mil.