Rumor: Luke Schenn's agent tweets out a list as to why Schenn would be a perfect deadline acquisition- Has Canucks already told him Schenn is getting traded?

[unicornpig]

He has been forsure.


Watch him and maybe you’ll see why…he’s been a top 4 dman the past two seasons on the Canucks and played a key role for Tampa in their cups.

i'm sure it wasn't the 5 other stud defenseman tampa had LOL

 

[HockeyVirus]

in what world is Benn a Schenn equivalent?? Benn was not good enough in a bottom pairing role for the canucks nor the wild the last 3 years, he may have an occasional adeqate game, whereas Schenn is a consistent as they come.

Basing it off what we have seen in a leafs uniform. Before he got hurt he was playing on the top pair with Rielly after Brodie went down and didn't look out of place. Plays the same style of physicality but I think more offense to his game. I don't think Schenn is an upgrade on him worth a 2nd and maybe more

Not saying he is anything special but neither is Schenn, it's just the TDL sales pitches we get every year where every seller has the guy who makes your team a cup winner.

 

[HaNotsri]

I really don’t understand the point of a tweet like that? Who’s he campaigning too? Are there actually GM’s out there that will read his tweet and say “Hey, this Luke Schenn guy sounds like a great fit!”

Promoting to journalists/insiders that will ask GMs and other staff about Schenn and keep him top of mind.

 

[HockeyVirus]

i'm sure it wasn't the 5 other stud defenseman tampa had LOL

Right? Wasn't he a healthy scratch for half that run? lol

 

[Leafshater67]

Smart move. Getting a team to give up a lot to get him will also likely net his client a better contract when this one is up.

A first is a lot but if it’s a late first, I guess it’s not that bad. He’s a rock solid #5-6 D.

 

[brentashton]

still dont know how hes still in the league let alone being sought after. was slow as molasses when i watched him and that was 8 years ago when he was on the kings.

He’s very much improved his game and why he is sought and thought of. I’ve been pumping his tires as a grab the Oilers would do well to take.

 

[unicornpig]

He’s very much improved his game and why he is sought and thought of. I’ve been pumping his tires as a grab the Oilers would do well to take.

if youre expecting luke schenn to fix the oilers defense i think youre gonna be dissapointed

 

[Raistlin]

Basing it off what we have seen in a leafs uniform. Before he got hurt he was playing on the top pair with Rielly after Brodie went down and didn't look out of place. Plays the same style of physicality but I think more offense to his game. I don't think Schenn is an upgrade on him worth a 2nd and maybe more

Not saying he is anything special but neither is Schenn, it's just the TDL sales pitches we get every year where every seller has the guy who makes your team a cup winner.

lol good luck expecting whatever you see from a journeyman 35 year old's 6 game stretch and banking on it for the playoff run.

to be fair, an average leaf playoff run is about 6 games. so ...maybe you're right.

 

[HockeyVirus]

lol good luck expecting whatever you see from a journeyman 35 year old's 6 game stretch and banking on it for the playoff run.

You're right, the journeyman 33 year old is the solution

 

[unicornpig]

Right? Wasn't he a healthy scratch for half that run? lol

wrong, was more than half lol

 

[EP to Kuzmenko]

2023 2nd and the best late round pick offered to seal the deal. We probably get 3 or 4 teams offering that 2nd.

 

[brentashton]

if youre expecting luke schenn to fix the oilers defense i think youre gonna be dissapointed

Too late.

 

[Smirnov2Chistov]

Someone please fill me in, I never understood why Schenn gets such a terrible rap on here and social media. The guy seems like a complementary 5-6 defenseman that plays a good, hardworking game.

 

[zcaptain]

still dont know how hes still in the league let alone being sought after. was slow as molasses when i watched him and that was 8 years ago when he was on the kings.

Maybe it is you that does not have a grip on what he does now..................

On the tire fire Canucks he is a +8, playing with Hughes that is even. He plays a very simple game, is not out of position a lot, and is a team man, with a great right fist...........and at the TDL, very cheap (as in about $150,000 if 50% retained) (which the Canucks should do automatically, IMO.

 

[Nucker42]

I would take him back in TB if the price was right. Would love to have him back on the bottom-pairing. Good guy to have on your team.

Not going anywhere close to a 1st though.

Would start with Cal Foote

 

[Breakers]

So Ben Hankinson is essentially the Canucks GM

Rutherford too tired and worn down?
Alvin still on vacation

 

[NOTENOUGHRYJOTHINGS]

Very late 1st if a team is desperate but I’m expecting a 2nd+4th/meh prospect or something like that.

Chiarot went for a first. Manson went for a 2nd and good (but not great) prospect.

Schenn would have similar value wouldn't he?

 

[RutherPlan]

The OP is the biggest rumor monger

 

[DFC]

Would start with Cal Foote

I'd probably do that, in all honesty.

 

[EP to Kuzmenko]

I'd probably do that, in all honesty.

Has Cal fallen that hard? He used to look like a lock for future top 4.

 

[DFC]

Has Cal fallen that hard? He used to look like a lock for future top 4.

I'm a little harder on him than most, but not many people are overly high on him now. I don't think anybody believes his value is a 1st anymore. I think he's gonna be an okay bottom-pairing guy, and there's still some potential to be more. He has good offensive tools, good defensive instincts, but man... the wheels just never developed. At all. He can't make use of his other skills because he just doesn't have the mobility. And, keep in mind, TB has a reputation for improving guys's skating. It just didn't happen with him.

I wouldn't add much to him for Schenn. Basically I'd be willing to trade a long-term bottom-pairing guy with upside for a short-term, stable, bottom-pairing guy.

I think there's probably a belief that Foote is worth more because of his age, and he probably is, in a vacuum. But I think Schenn would make us a better team, honestly.

 

[Peter Griffin]

Promoting to journalists/insiders that will ask GMs and other staff about Schenn and keep him top of mind.

I guess I just like to think that NHL management groups don’t need journalists to remind them of what players may be available but that other poster did point out that Jim Benning led an NHL franchise for nearly a decade so my expectations are obviously too high.

 

[Martin Skoula]

in what world is Benn a Schenn equivalent?? Benn was not good enough in a bottom pairing role for the canucks nor the wild the last 3 years, he may have an occasional adeqate game, whereas Schenn is a consistent as they come, not to mention the ability to cover for a guy like Reilly.

We have no need to play Schenn in a top pairing role lol, Benn is more than adequate playing 12 minutes a night when we need a big body for a specific matchup. Neither of them should be playing regular minutes when we're healthy.

 

[Mike Liut]

He’d be a decent 3rd RD on the Blues.

 

[Raistlin]

We have no need to play Schenn in a top pairing role lol, Benn is more than adequate playing 12 minutes a night when we need a big body for a specific matchup. Neither of them should be playing regular minutes when we're healthy.

uhh... thats precisely the context of my post.
For a bottom pairing role.
Which Benn proved to be inadequate for.
For two pedestrian teams.
When he plays more than 6 games.
The fact that Schenn CAN play top pairing minutes as a bonus is exactly why the ask is a high pick, you know injuries in playoffs?