Confirmed Signing with Link: [PHI] Derick Brassard signs with the Flyers (1 year, $825k)

[BigDaddyLurch]

...good...one less 4th Liner we Habs fans have to worry about Bargain Bin picking up...

 

[Shane Diesel]

The new Mike Sillinger.

 

[serp]

I had no idea he was on the Yotes last year. Had a good year with the Isles and then went to disappear in Arizona.

 

[Boxscore]

Hayes taking leave of absence?

 

[WhoTagz]

Kevin hayes def had say in this and AV get his boy back

 

[CraigBillington]

I think Fletcher forgot a 0

 

[2020 Cup Champions]

How the Rags traded him and a seventh for Zib and a second round pick back was quite the heist..

And Brassard isn't even a DJ, to my knowledge.

 

[Drew311]

Probably the last thing he wants to do.

Can work both ways. Hockey can take your mind off of things, but if he struggles it makes life much worse on top of what he's already dealing with in his personal life.

 

[swiftwin]

That Brassard-Zib deal turned out to be something..

As did the Brassard-Gustavsson/1st/3rd/3rd deal

 

[ManofSteel55]

6 teams in 6 years . Atleast he got a job

He's been pretty consistent over those 6 years. Good on him. I remember talking about him last offseason on the Oilers board. Glad he got a job.

 

[Rebels57]

Can work both ways. Hockey can take your mind off of things, but if he struggles it makes life much worse on top of what he's already dealing with in his personal life.

Fair point.

 

[Rebels57]

For anyone curious as to what the Flyers will look like, see below.

Frost is probably either 3C or AHL bound.

Cam York and Egor Zamula are AHL bound unless there are injuries on D in camp.

The LW's behind Giroux are interchangeable. The top 3 RW's are also interchangeable.

Bottom 6 C depth is going to be a problem for them unless Frost is a revelation. They do have the option of moving Giroux or Laughton to C though if the problem becomes too big to ignore.

They'll need big turn-arounds from too many players to have any idea as to whether this team is going to be good or bad.

They only have cap space for a 22 man roster.

Philadelphia Flyers Salary Cap, Draft Picks, and Player Contracts - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Giroux	Couturier	Konecny
JVR	Hayes	Farabee
Laughton	Frost/Brassard	Atkinson
Lindblom	Brassard/Thompson	Allison
Aube-Kubel
Provorov	Ellis
Sanheim	Ristolainen
Yandle	Braun
Morin
Hart
Jones

[TBODY] [/TBODY]

 

[Sparksrus3]

Columbus
NY Rangers
Pittsburgh
NY Islanders
Philadelphia
Carolina
New Jersey
Washington

He's getting closer to playing for every Metro team.

Aaron Asham played for the Isles, Devs, Rags, Pens, and Flyers in the division Only missed playing for the Caps.

 

[Foppberg]

As did the Brassard-Gustavsson/1st/3rd/3rd deal

Never heard of that one lol

 

[thethirdhockeyman91]

Probably for depth incase Hayes isn't ready to go come October. If I were Hayes i'd contemplate taking the season off.

I was thinking Fletcher made this signing to help Hayes out with his loss. Brassard and Hayes seemed pretty tight on the Rangers. If so, classy move by Fletcher

 

[Siludin]

That Brassard-Zib deal turned out to be something..

There have been worse deals; at least the Senators reclaimed some value for Brassard.
They have Bernard-Docker and Filip Gustavsson in the system.

 

[Foppberg]

There have been worse deals; at least the Senators reclaimed some value for Brassard.
They have Bernard-Docker and Filip Gustavsson in the system.

Sure. Wasn't really a shot, teams make good and bad trades all the time. Just wondering what Ottawa was thinking making that trade. Although I guess they were in more of a win now window.

 

[Limeyjim]

I was thinking Fletcher made this signing to help Hayes out with his loss. Brassard and Hayes seemed pretty tight on the Rangers. If so, classy move by Fletcher

I also read that Brassard was a groom at Atkinson's wedding. This is a very cool signing by Fletcher.

 

[BKarchitect]

Better at LW than center at this stage. Replacement level bottom six player who goes huge stretches being completely anonymous between short hot streaks looking like a decent middle six vet but that’s still better than some of the junk the Flyers had to trot out last year or ruining a prospect who isn’t ready yet.

 

[Maurice of Orange]

Brassard wore an ‘A’ last season for the Yotes.

 

[Siludin]

Sure. Wasn't really a shot, teams make good and bad trades all the time. Just wondering what Ottawa was thinking making that trade. Although I guess they were in more of a win now window.

Yeah they did make the ECFs and lost in 7 games to Pittsburgh. That team was everyone's darling.

 

[EastVillageBlues]

Why would Phillie want him.

It's not like they are in urgent need of under performing centers.

 

[Recipe Unlimited]

Does Chuck Fletcher not know there is a salary cap? Isn't a bad deal at all, but I though the Flyers were already over the cap.

Signing brassard doesn't make their cap situation much worse or better. In fact, this will help their cap if it means Brassard replaces someone with > 825K AAV.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Can work both ways. Hockey can take your mind off of things, but if he struggles it makes life much worse on top of what he's already dealing with in his personal life.

I sympathize heavily with his loss. But I hope he doesn't think like this. Anyone else loses their brother they are back at work sometimes within days. Imagine taking off an entire season for something that happened 2 months before. He will not be over it by then, not by a long shot. But neither are most people.

 

[Holy Slapshot]

I also read that Brassard was a groom at Atkinson's wedding. This is a very cool signing by Fletcher.

Oh, really? So now we know was the key reason for this signing... Just sad.