The Arizona Coyotes confirmed the hiring of Quebec forward Derick Brassard on Wednesday.
It would be a one-year contract worth $ 1.2 million.
Former Montreal Canadiens player Guillaume Latendresse brought it all forward on Monday.
Brassard, 32, had 10 goals and 22 assists for 32 points in 66 games with the New York Islanders in 2019-20.
The Quebecer will wear the colors of an eighth formation of the National Hockey League. Indeed, Brassard also wore the colors of the Columbus Blue Jackets, the New York Rangers, the Ottawa Senators, the Pittsburgh Penguins, the Florida Panthers and the Colorado Avalanche.
In 852 games in the Bettman circuit, the Drummondville Voltigeurs product hit the target 186 times and provided 297 assists for 483 points. He was the sixth overall pick in the 2006 draft.
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