Yeah nobody like that trade when it happened and it looks even worse now

Good trade for both sides tbh

Ever heard of the butterfly effect my friend?

You're missing some other assets, too, and that isn't even counting the butterfly effect that the deals had.

Assets lost:
Zibanejad
2018 2nd (Jonatan Berggren)
2018 3rd (Justus Annunen)
Vincent Dunn (would have been unqualified anyways)

Assets gained:
Gustavsson
Nick Moutrey (not qualified)
2018 1st (Jacob Bernard-Docker)
2018 2nd (Jonathan Tychonick)
2018 7th (Luke Loheit)
2019 3rd (PIT)
2020 3rd (CBJ)

Dunn and Moutrey are a wash. Let's say that the cost of moving up from 33rd (the Berggren pick) to 26th (the Bernard-Docker pick) is the 64th pick (the Annunen pick), so those are balanced out, leaving us with:

Zibanejad being traded for Gustavsson, a mid-2nd round pick (48th, Tychoniak), a 7th round pick (Loheit), and 3rd round picks in both 2019 and 2020. All told, the trade is a middle of the road 2C (Zibanejad is 44th among centers in P/GP the past two seasons, min 45GP) for a top flight goalie prospect and four lottery tickets of varying value. It really doesn't look bad on the Sens, especially with the sheer number of prospects added in the net deal.

I actually think it will look better in time, with the return they ended up getting for Brassard, but yeah it was a mistake.

That said, Brassard was one of my favorite Sens in recent memory.

What are you talking about ? Trade made plenty of sense!

Zibanejad is an extremely skillful player, Don’t get me wrong. His problem is that he’s the most inconsistent player in the league. He’ll light it up for 10 games and not do anything for 10 games! It’s the most frustrating thing, and sens fan were happy to get a more reliable player in brassard who also played a key role in getting OTT to game 7 of the conference finals. And who also got a OTT a good return last year at the TDL.

So honestly, it worked out for both teams!

I guess so

You just cant hate brass tbh

He's got to be one of the most likable players in the league.

The goal he scored off that sick Karlsson pass, and the celly afterward is probably my favorite moment from that playoff run.

I was not happy when NYR traded Brassard! Brassard & Stepan were the only top six centers on the roster at the time, so it was quite a gamble trading Brassard for Zibanejad and a 2nd round draft pick.