Brassard signs 5 year, $25mil deal with NYR

[CarltonTheBear]

Andrew Gross ‏@AGrossRecord  21m
Reports that Rangers and Derick Brassard have reached agreement on five year, $25 million deal. Good deal for both sides.

Eats up 4 years of UFA. But he's 26 years old (turning 27 in Sept.) and hasn't broken 20 goals or 50 points yet. Still, he'll likely be relied on to be New York's 2nd line centre next season and $5mil-ish seems to be the going rate for 2nd line guys nowadays. Should be a contract the Kadri camp looks at next summer.

 

[Kin]

Bozak's deal keeps looking better and better.

 

[Rebel_1812]

thats a crazy contract but i guess inflation and such are to blame.

 

[BlueWhiteBlood]

Bozak's deal keeps looking better and better.

I agree. Switching to wingers, can any deal beat JvR's, as far as being a great deal?

 

[GhostofPotvin29]

Not the best Bozak comparison.  When Bozak signed his deal, he was career 0.56 PPG and Brassard is career 0.56 PPG.  Only Bozak has had around 4:00 more TOI per game than Brassard has.  So one is doing it in 1st line minutes and the other in 2nd line minutes (or arguably maybe even 3rd line minutes).  Perhaps it's an indication there is more you could get out of Brassard in a larger role, but I don't know the player well enough to know what his situation is.

 

[WhatIfGodWasALeaf]

Bozak's deal keeps looking better and better.

I agree. Switching to wingers, can any deal beat JvR's, as far as being a great deal?

Max Pacioretty's deal looks like a steal too.