The Colorado Avalanche acquired Derick Brassard from the Florida Panthers on Monday morning before the NHL trade deadline at 1:00 pm MT. With the Cats in town for their game at Pepsi Center, the initial move for Brassard was an easy one.
What wasn’t easy was thinking you’re going to play with one team under one coach and one set of systems and then have that turned completely on its head. Presto changeo, off you go to a locker room full of players you’re mostly only familiar with facing off across the ice.
Brassard saw at least one face he recognized — Matt Calvert.