Rangers agree to terms with Brashear

New York Rangers President and General Manager Glen Sather announced today that the club has agreed to terms with unrestricted free agent forward Donald Brashear.

Brashear appeared in 63 games with the Washington Capitals last season, registering one goal and three assists, along with a team leading 121 penalty minutes.   He placed fourth on the club, and second among team forwards, with 119 hits. Washington posted a 4-0-0 mark in games that Brashear posted a point. He tallied the game-winning goal on December 4 vs. the New York Islanders, his first game-winner since December 14, 2002 vs. Buffalo (as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers).

In 2007-08, Brashear led the Capitals with 119 penalty minutes and ranked fourth on the team with 133 hits.  Brashear recorded five goals and three assists while skating in 80 games. The Capitals were 4-0-1 when he tallied a goal, and 6-0-1 when he registered a point.

Brashear notched his 200th NHL point on March 3 vs. Boston, and skated in his 900th career game on February 5 at Columbus.  On December 12, he posted his first multi-point effort since October 22, 2005, collecting two assists vs. the Rangers.  In addition, Brashear tallied two points (one goal and one assist) in seven postseason contests with Washington.

The 6-3, 237-pounder has skated in 989 career regular season contests with the Montreal Canadiens, Vancouver Canucks, Philadelphia Flyers, and Washington Capitals, registering 85 goals and 119 assists for 204 points, along with 2,561 penalty minutes.  He established career-highs in assists (19), points (28) and shots on goal (127) as a member of the Canucks during the 2000-01 season.  Brashear tallied a career-high, three assists/points on December 8, 2000 at San Jose.  In 1999-00, Brashear notched a career-best 11 goals in just 60 games.

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