{"id":132718,"date":"2022-10-10T14:31:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:31:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=132718"},"modified":"2022-10-10T14:31:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-10T18:31:15","slug":"derick-brassard-signed-one-year-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2022\/10\/10\/derick-brassard-signed-one-year-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa Senators Bring Back Former Centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/category\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> reportedly signed free agent centre <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/brassde01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Derick Brassard<\/a> to a one-year, $750,000 deal. This contract takes Brassard just through to next summer, when the 35-year-old will hit free agency again.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Sens?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Sens<\/a> have signed forward Derick Brassard to a one-year, $750,000 deal <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CldhN8Ldmh\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/CldhN8Ldmh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ottawa Senators (@Senators) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Senators\/status\/1579515279763472385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Derick Brassard Signed One-Year Contract with Ottawa<\/h2>\n<p>Over his 15-year NHL career, Brassard played for the Columbus Blue Jackets, New York Rangers, Pittsburgh Penguins, Colorado Avalanche, Florida Panthers, New York Islanders, Arizona Coyotes, Edmonton Oilers, Philadelphia Flyers and Senators. (*Pausing to catch my breath after listing all 10 squads Brassard suited up for*.) Columbus drafted him back in 2006 with their first round, sixth overall selection. In the years since he amassed 202 goals and 320 assists for 522 career points in 951 games.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-24\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"snack_dex6\" class=\"mobile-unit\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1599666856864-0\" data-google-query-id=\"CNPzprGS1voCFcTrZAodplEINA\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/6428571,22512265771\/lastwordonsports.com-Unit1b_0__container__\">Last season Brassard bounced between the Flyers and Oilers, combining for eight goals and 11 assists in total for 19 points. In the prime of his career, Brassard scored in the high-teens and low twenties, racking up 40-60 points a year. Now in his mid-30&#8217;s, that production sits in the 20-30 point range at best. The centreman also added 16 minutes in penalties last year. His possession numbers remain on the positive side though, at a respectable 51.7 percent Corsi and a relative Corsi of 2.0.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>What This Means for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>Brassard spent five and a half years with Columbus to start his career, and then three and a half with the Rangers. From the 2016-17 season and onwards, though, he has played less than two full years in any one city. That comes out to eight different franchises over the last six NHL seasons. At least in Ottawa, he returns to a city he spent a year-and-a-half in. But even that is a short stint in the eyes of an average NHL&#8217;er.<\/p>\n<p>The Sens made a ton of moves this past offseason, to bolster their lineup around their developing young core. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/t\/tkachbr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Brady Tkachuk<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/n\/norrijo01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Joshua Norris<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bathedr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Drake Batherson<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/josepma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mathieu Joseph<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/stuetti02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tim Stutzle<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/debrial01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex DeBrincat<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/pintosh01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Shane Pinto<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/formeal01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Alex Formenton<\/a> are all 25 or younger. Joseph came over midseason last year, while DeBrincat came this offseason via trade. They inked veteran star <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/g\/giroucl01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Claude Giroux<\/a> to a three year deal this summer too. Now with Derick Brassard signed and added to the mix, and the Senators host a very competitive forward group.<\/p>\n<p>This team wants to make noise, and make it now. They look a lot stronger on paper today than they did a year ago. Expectations go up this year, too. Expect a push for the playoffs from this team, though they may fall just short.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">SNAPSHOTS: Derick Brassard would be thrilled to carve out a Jason Spezza role with Senators <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6hDUlrQyH9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/6hDUlrQyH9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqUUlEh5KT\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/uqUUlEh5KT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ottawa Sun (@ottawasuncom) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ottawasuncom\/status\/1577081635970981890?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ottawa Senators reportedly signed free agent centre Derick Brassard to a one-year, $750,000 deal. This contract takes Brassard just through to next summer, when the 35-year-old will hit free agency again. The #Sens have signed forward Derick Brassard to a one-year, $750,000 deal pic.twitter.com\/CldhN8Ldmh &mdash; Ottawa Senators (@Senators) October 10, 2022 Derick Brassard Signed [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2377,"featured_media":132720,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8,4547,34,4548],"tags":[551,662,955,70,5755],"class_list":["post-132718","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-senators","category-hockey","category-news","category-nhl","tag-derick-brassard","tag-nhl-free-agency","tag-nhl-news","tag-ottawa-senators","tag-ottawa-senators-news"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132718","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2377"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=132718"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/132718\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/132720"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=132718"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=132718"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=132718"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}