{"id":40921,"date":"2019-02-01T13:31:54","date_gmt":"2019-02-01T18:31:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=40921"},"modified":"2020-12-26T16:36:54","modified_gmt":"2020-12-26T21:36:54","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-acquire-nick-bjugstad-jared-mccann-from-florida-panthers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2019\/02\/01\/pittsburgh-penguins-acquire-nick-bjugstad-jared-mccann-from-florida-panthers\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Acquire Nick Bjugstad, Jared McCann From Florida Panthers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_self\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/panthers\/\" target=\"_self\">Florida Panthers<\/a> hooked up for a big trade this afternoon. Pittsburgh dealt centers <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/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><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/sheahri01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Riley Sheahan<\/a><\/strong> to the Panthers for <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bjugsni01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nick Bjugstad<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/mccanja01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared McCann<\/a><\/strong>. The deal also included two fourth-round picks from the Penguins and their second-round pick.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">TRADE ALERT: The Penguins have acquired forwards Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann from the Florida Panthers in exchange for Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan and three draft picks.<\/p>\n<p>Full details: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vghkgwWELO\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/vghkgwWELO<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1G8ariKXss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/1G8ariKXss<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguins\/status\/1091391041964527616?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1><strong>Pittsburgh Penguins Acquire Nick Bjugstad, Jared McCann From Florida Panthers<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>Brassard had been rumored to be on the trade block for a few weeks as he wasn&#8217;t living up to expectations in Pittsburgh. He was acquired at last year&#8217;s deadline from the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/nhl-teams\/senators\/\" target=\"_self\">Ottawa Senators<\/a> and since then, he had only 12 goals in 54 games. He was at below replacement level this season so it was no surprise that the Penguins were dangling him.<\/p>\n<p>Sheahan was also at replacement level this season. He only had nine points in 49 games as the fourth line center and his possession numbers were under 43%. The thinking in this trade from Pittsburgh&#8217;s end is to get younger players with term who can help them win now for two players on expiring contracts who weren&#8217;t going to be there after the season.<\/p>\n<p>On Florida&#8217;s end, this saves them some money and for a potential run at <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/b\/bobrose01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sergei Bobrovsky<\/a><\/strong> and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/p\/panarar01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Artemi Panarin<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Brassard could still be flipped at the deadline if Florida is out of the playoff picture at that time:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">As we talked about yesterday, Florida hopes to take a run at Panarin and Bobrovsky so after today\u2019s trade they have more flexibility to do it. And while they could wait until July 1 to go after them, they could also inquire before Feb 25 if something makes sense&#8230; so stay tuned<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PierreVLeBrun\/status\/1091392177853345792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Bjugstad is having a rough go at it this season. He has just five goals and 12 points on the season. It sounds like he&#8217;s going to start as the 3C though, which could put him with <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/k\/kesseph01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Phil Kessel<\/a><\/strong>. McCann will also be in the bottom six, according to Josh Yohe of The Athletic:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bjugstad will start as the third line center but GMJR said he could shift to wing at some point. Penguins love McCann in a bottom-six role. He&#39;s only 22, former first round pick. Love his potential.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoshYohe_PGH\/status\/1091400100084092928?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 1, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Acquiring both of these players for Pittsburgh well before the deadline will allow them to get more comfortable with the team as the stretch run begins.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2019\/01\/nick-bjugstad-of-the-florida-panthers-skates-against-the-new-jersey-picture-id1060536744.jpg\" alt=\"\">NEWARK, NEW JERSEY &#8211; OCTOBER 27: Nick Bjugstad #27 of the Florida Panthers skates against the New Jersey Devils at the Prudential Center on October 27, 2018 in Newark, New Jersey. The Devils defeated the Panthers 3-2. (Photo by Bruce Bennett\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins and Florida Panthers hooked up for a big trade this afternoon. Pittsburgh dealt centers Derick Brassard and Riley Sheahan to the Panthers for Nick Bjugstad and Jared McCann. The deal also included two fourth-round picks from the Penguins and their second-round pick. TRADE ALERT: The Penguins have acquired forwards Nick Bjugstad and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":574,"featured_media":39915,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":"1","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6,34],"tags":[551,106,37,5738,3339,2569,38,955,652,44,841],"class_list":["post-40921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-penguins","category-panthers","category-news","tag-derick-brassard","tag-florida-panthers","tag-hockey","tag-hockey-news","tag-jared-mccann","tag-news","tag-nhl","tag-nhl-news","tag-nick-bjugstad","tag-pittsburgh-penguins","tag-riley-sheahan"],"modified_by":"Dan Mount, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40921","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\/574"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}