Edmonton Oilers Acquire Derick Brassard From Philadelphia Flyers

The Edmonton Oilers acquire Derick Brassard from the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for a 4th round pick.

Confirming Derick Brassard going to #Oilers from #Flyers in exchange for a 4th round pick.

First to report: @SportsnetSpec.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) March 21, 2022

The Edmonton have traded for Derick Brassard a 34 year old center right as the bell rang to end trade deadline day. The Oilers gave up a 4th round pick to acquire the veteran center. Brassard a one-time 60 point player is a solid depth forward add.

NHL Standard career statistics
					Scor	Scor	Scor
Season	Age	Tm	Lg	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	PIM	FOW	FOL	FO%
2007-08	20	CBJ	NHL	17	1	1	2	-4	6	34	46	42.5
2008-09	21	CBJ	NHL	31	10	15	25	12	17	161	171	48.5
2009-10	22	CBJ	NHL	79	9	27	36	-17	48	210	293	41.7
2010-11	23	CBJ	NHL	74	17	30	47	-11	55	414	474	46.6
2011-12	24	CBJ	NHL	74	14	27	41	-20	42	278	339	45.1
2012-13	25	TOT	NHL	47	12	17	29	1	16	215	231	48.2
2013-14	26	NYR	NHL	81	18	27	45	2	46	469	508	48.0
2014-15	27	NYR	NHL	80	19	41	60	9	34	669	699	48.9
2015-16	28	NYR	NHL	80	27	31	58	12	30	676	670	50.2
2016-17	29	OTT	NHL	81	14	25	39	12	24	612	613	50.0
2017-18	30	TOT	NHL	72	21	25	46	0	34	516	534	49.1
2018-19	31	TOT	NHL	70	14	9	23	-19	39	283	305	48.1
2019-20	32	NYI	NHL	66	10	22	32	-2	16	197	160	55.2
2020-21	33	ARI	NHL	53	8	12	20	-10	12	229	206	52.6
2021-22	34	PHI	NHL	31	6	10	16	6	10	158	150	51.3
Career		15 yrs	NHL	936	200	319	519	-29	429	5121	5399	48.7

Provided by Hockey-Reference.com:
Generated 3/21/2022.

Brassard is having a bit of a bounce back season. He has 6 goals and 16 points in 31 games this season. Brassard is currently slotted in the 2nd line center on the Flyers. When he arrives in Edmonton I would expect him to be the 4th line center. I think Brassard will push McLeod back to the wing cause of his good faceoff percentage.

Projected Edmonton Oilers Forward Lines

KANE-MCDAVID-YAMAMOTO

HYMAN-DRAISAITL-PULJUJARVI

FOEGELE-NUGENT-HOPKINS-RYAN

MCLEOD-BRASSARD-KASSIAN

This is the line up without Archibald, with Archibald in I would expect either Ryan or McLeod to come out. This is a solid lineup, this in my opinion one of the best lineups the Edmonton Oilers I’ve seen in a long time and it looks good for a playoff run.

Playoff Experience

NHL Playoffs career statistics
			Scor	Scor	Scor
Season	Tm	GP	G	A	PTS	+/-	FOW	FOL	FO%
2012-13	NYR	12	2	10	12	1	82	82	50.0
2013-14	NYR	23	6	6	12	4	158	177	47.2
2014-15	NYR	19	9	7	16	9	157	180	46.6
2015-16	NYR	5	1	3	4	-1	46	42	52.3
2016-17	OTT	19	4	7	11	-3	135	137	49.6
2017-18	PIT	12	1	3	4	-1	62	63	49.6
2018-19	COL	9	0	1	1	-2	25	18	58.1
2019-20	NYI	18	2	6	8	1	37	36	50.7
Career	8 yrs	117	25	43	68	8	702	735	48.9

Provided by Hockey-Reference.com:
Generated 3/21/2022.

Brassard averages around 0.5 points/game in the playoffs. That is not over a short period of time either. Brassard brings in 117 games worth of playoff experience. That is something that will come in helpful for the Oilers in a couple months once they make the playoffs.

Going the Other Way

The Edmonton Oilers only had to give up a 4th round pick to bring in Derick Brassard. This move has almost no risk. The chance of a 4th line player becoming a regular everyday NHL’er is rare, so getting Brassard to help with this end of season run is a great deal.

This is another good move this deadline by the Oilers. Add this trade to the Brett Kulak deal and I think the Oilers are a better team. That is really all we can ask of Ken Holland on deadline day.