Few players currently active in the NHL have had as stunning career revivals as Luke Schenn has had in recent years. Just a few seasons ago the 2008 fifth-overall pick would be known to most as a Toronto Maple Leafs draft disappointment who ultimately settled in as a bottom-of-the-lineup depth defenseman. Then Schenn signed a contract with the Tampa Bay Lightning, won two Stanley Cups, and went to Vancouver where he has become a steady rock on an otherwise volatile defense. Now, his agent is singing Schenn’s praises on social media as a potential trade deadline acquisition for a contending team.
According to Schenn, though, a trade isn’t his first choice for how to proceed on his expiring contract. Per The Athletic’s Harman Dayal, Schenn “wants to re-sign with the Canucks” and has said that his top priority “is to be part of a winning team” in Vancouver. (subscription link) Can the Canucks devote some of their limited financial flexibility to Schenn, who for all his virtues remains a 33-year-old physical defenseman? Schenn’s side of the equation seems settled, so the open question is whether Schenn’s interest in signing an extension is shared by his team.
Now, for some other notes from across the NHL:
- The Jakob Chychrun situation in Arizona remains unsettled, as the team has still not found a suitable trade deal for their star defenseman. Per PHNX’s Craig Morgan, they’re not going to budge on their asking price any time soon. According to Morgan, that price is two first-round picks and a second-rounder or a “good prospect,” and teams such as the Toronto Maple Leafs, Ottawa Senators, Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers, Boston Bruins, and Florida Panthers, among others, are “still believed to be in the mix.”
- The Toronto Star’s Kevin McGran penned a closer look at the Maple Leafs’ situation with defenseman Jake Muzzin, examining not only whether he can return from the neck injury that sidelined him, but whether he should. Based on the comments of the health experts McGran interviewed, it seems Muzzin is facing the choice of whether to potentially risk his long-term personal health in order to get back on the ice.
A first, two seconds and Nurse for Chychrun, who says no?
@66TheNumberOfTheBest – Chychrun really might need a Nurse, though, for his never-ending injury saga… ;) BTW, the other 66 should throw a couple of GCs your way for picking a really good number for the new handle.
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Too much for Chuchrum with the injuries. Kings should give a first, and a couple AHL prospects not named Byfield or Clarke.
Not sure I would even give one first round draft pick for Chychrun. Always injured, and overhyped. Let him stay in Arizona.
Chychun will need a extension in a few years. So a higher annual average salary before long. Pass. If you are a playoff team that needs to make the playoffs because of cap situations & a existing tight salary cap then that’s the Coyote’s trade market.
NHL PA needs to step in and end Muzzin’s career.
The medical lawsuits will become birdcage fodder if they don’t.
Chychrun is very much valuable. But not a 1st in a year where Bedard is on board, plus 2 significant other pieces from a teams cupboards. A 1st and 1 piece and a lotto ticket maybe, sure if they take some salary back too. Some not significant. If they want a 1st and 2 top prospects… They better be ready to take on some major cap back.
If you are that one team that wins the Bedard sweepstakes you are not going to trade out of that spot. So the only 1st that is of value is a 1st from a non playoff team & that team is not going to trade that 1st for anyone.
GMKA (of the Sabres) should offer up this trade to Arizona-
Vegas 2023 2nd, L. Pilut & their 2023 4th & leave it on the table till 1min before the end of the trade deadline.
And that’s exactly where that trade will be after the deadline.
Yea but I’m not saying Arizona would take it but it’s a offer with a long shelf life (you never know sort of thing) ;)
A first and second wouldn’t be bad for Chychrun, who is after all a good defenseman on a team-friendly contract. More? No. Two firsts is what you pay for a star, and after six full seasons where he’s *averaged* missing nearly a third of each year, 2021 is the only starring season he’s had.
And good grief, not Boston in any event. Boston does NOT, repeat, NOT need to be trading future picks; this is an elderly team that will need to reload Real Soon Now.
Leafs 1st & Robertson.
Eating some contract.