Earlier Friday, news lit up the internet that the Pittsburgh Penguins had made a big trade to land center Derick Brassard from the Ottawa Senators. The cost would be Pittsburgh’s 2018 first round pick, goalie uber-prospect Filip Gustavsson and defenseman Ian Cole, whom Ottawa would look to flip soon as well for additional prospects/picks.
Time ticked on and nothing official popped up from the Pens, Sens or the league, except to note that this transaction was going to be a tricky one to complete.
PIT-OTT deal involving Brassard is ultra-complicated, so much so that Brassard will likely first be traded to a team other than PIT.