But it makes no sense. I'll use NJD as an example (They don't need him, just using as an example). Say they want to upgrade their RHD with Schenn and are only willing to pay a 3rd. They want to dump Andreas to make more cap room for other acquisitions. No Andreas Johnsson is probably a 2nd (or more) to dump alone, that doesn't include the cost of Schenn. So in this case, the deal now needs to be a 1st + Johnsson for Schenn at the very least.
A team can dump a player to the AHL in order to save 1.05m cap space at any time, so for it to really be worth upgrading from that 3rd to a 2nd, that team would need to dump a 1.5m contract, which alone is worth a 3rd. That itself is worth bumping from a mid-late 3rd to a mid-late 2nd, but the Canucks want a 3rd +. What that + is nobody knows, but that alone likely means they are looking at a 2nd in value, if not more.
If we don't trade him by TDL, I would say there is a 95% chance we simply re-sign him and he retires a Canuck.
I GUARANTEE Schenn will either get traded, or not get traded. One of those two will happen.
