I don't suppose you know the difference between his defensive metrics and Holls? It seems like that's who he'd edge out.
My understanding is the ask on Schenn is in 2nd territory. The ask on Gavrikov is said to be around a 1rst. I'm not sure which is the better investment.
The best investment is getting the guy who not only helps the team move forward, but will stick around and end up being worth more than whatever asset we move.
Avg value of a 2nd round pick is probably 50 to 100 NHL games(not absolutely sure on that) in and of itself. So using that for a Schenn, whos presence might help the Leafs win a round, maybe two may on the face of it seem like money well spent, or does it?
The goal as always is all the marbles, anything less of course, will always feel empty, but maybe that one round acts as the springboard that gets them all the way there.
Schenns physicality may finally be what sparks a fire in the other guys, who finally keep Lightning forwards out of the crease, and like dominoes what finally inspires Leafs forwards into crashing the crease at the other end of the rink.
Teams can win it all using 1 or more of the following strategies, they get a dominant performance from one or more of the top 4. They get a Conn Smythe performance out of one of their goaltenders or in this case Dirty Murr delivers what hes delivered before. However to do that he needs room to work, he needs good lanes of vision and for that his crease has to be kept neat and tidy by his teammates, and to do that it starts by extracting a price for any infringements of the crease.
The forwards to a man have to out skate, out muscle, out shoot and out think the opposition every night for 8 weeks.
It all has to have a certain synchronicity always working in layers like a well oiled machine.
It always works the same way, and there is no way around it, you have to out muscle and punish the opponents.
To sum it up the Leafs need brick layers, not ballerinas
