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Penguins deal Derick Brassard to Panthers in four-player trade
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The Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins made a sizable shakeup to their rosters on Friday.
Florida dealt forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann to Pittsburgh in exchange for forwards Derick Brassard , Riley Sheahan , a second-round pick and two fourth-round picks in 2019.
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Brassard has struggled to make his mark during his short time in Pittsburgh after being acquired ahead of the trade deadline last season in a three-team deal with Ottawa and Vegas. The 31-year-old, who is currently nursing an upper body injury, has just nine goals and 15 points in 40 games this season to go along with some ugly underlying numbers . Brassard is in the final year of his contract that carries a cap hit of $5 million.
Sheahan, also in the final year of his deal, has seven goals and nine points — also with ugly underlyings — in 49 games playing a fourth-line role. Besides the impending cap space, the Panthers also picked up a decent haul of lottery tickets for the draft.
In return the Penguins added a big body in Bjugstad and a young centre with some upside in McCann. Bjugstad, 26, has struggled this season with only five goals and 12 points in 32 games after putting up 19 and 49 a season ago. The 6-foot-6 winger who can also play some center has two more years remaining on his contract that carries an annual cap hit of $4.1 million. McCann, who should slot into the third-line centre role in Pittsburgh, has eight goals and 18 points in 46 games. The 22-year-old has two more years at $1.25 million before he becomes a restricted free agent.
Derrick Brassard is headed to Florida. (Photo by Joe Sargent/NHLI via Getty Images)
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