At this current moment in the NHL regular season if there is one team that are sellers, it’s the Columbus Blue Jackets. Even though a month or two ago the Blue Jackets were still considered sellers. Nevertheless, over the past couple weeks the media has wrote and discussed about if Rick Nash or Jeff Carter trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs would be realistic or even make sense.
Now let’s look a young player who has not received much attention on the rumour mill this year.
Derick Brassard, who is a player I previously wrote about in early December. This 24-year-old former first-round draft pick (6th overall in 2006) has tons of potential, though has never panned out since being drafted by Columbus in 2006.
Brassard’s high point was in 2010/11 where he registered 17 goals and 30 assist. But Brassard has fallen off the edge this year with only 22 points through 48 games; his +/- is terrible, but hey, its the Blue Jackets. With that Brassard is on pace for 33 points t...
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