Speculation: Leafs interested in Brayden Schenn
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BobClarkesfrontteeth
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Without retention I could see him getting a 2nd/ prospect and a 4th round pick. Retain 2 million or more and you probably get a late round 1st.
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He can play wing too. He’s the exact player a cup contender should be adding. A tough 2 way player.
Rob Brown
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TheOrganist
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Sorry my fellow Blues fans, Schenn didn't go from having a really brutal contract to "premium pick + no retention" just because he had a nice 15 game stretch with Kyrou & Holloway in conjunction with a rising cap. It's still not a very good contract, the Blues need Centers, he's a good leader and one of the last of True Blues still on the roster, and I don't really see him going anywhere. You'd really tear the guts out of the team if he left and unlike other vets on the team (Faulk/Krug/Saad) he still has a role and provides a value to the team on and off the ice.
Interesting. I can see the Leafs being surprisingly willing to step up and take the risk. The "intangible"/ playoff value is through the roof- and even at just a 2C/LW level he changes he potentially changes the complexion of the team. I would see him at 3C with Nylander on one side- that's a matchup nightmare.
If he falls off cliff the buyout after next season is like 1.3m on a 100+ million cap- who cares.
bleedblue1223
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Yep, if he is able to maintain the pace that he's had this season, the last year or 2 is a lot easier to handle with the increasing cap. And there might even be teams that want him for his cap hit at the end of his deal when his $ owed is a lot less.
Lets's!
Base of Kampf+
Leafs start with 2025 2nd
Army counters with 2026 1st+ Cowan
yada-yada-yada, somewhere in between.
Warden of the North
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Ya no.
A few too many years too late on this one, given his contract status.
A few too many years too late on this one, given his contract status.
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Brooklyndevil
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Unfortunately, his contract is too expensive for the Devils. Not sure he’d want to come to Jersey anyway.
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I guarantee he’ll give the Leafs 2-3 great playoff runs. He easily has that in him. The final year, year 4, maybe, maybe not. But you’ll get 2-3 great ones. He’s in great shape and very competitive.
It will be his ages 32-35. Not that bad at all
It will be his ages 32-35. Not that bad at all
Understandable I'm not big fan of it either, at the same time I feel like the east is weaker then It's been in years, and this might be the time to strike.
Brayden Schenn could be the depth add they neeed this year especially if he can still be an effective center
Honestly... it probably would.
If you look at strictly this year, the Leafs could make it happen by:
-Trading Kampf (in part of the deal?)
-Trading or waiving Reaves (something tells me some team would pick him up)
-Keeping Jarnkrok and Hakanpaa on the LTIR for the rest of the year.
I might suggest, that given his control over movement, and no retention, that the Leafs could theoretically make it happen without Cowan or Minten. Maybe the deal is as simple as Kampf + the 2026 1st.
Pair Matthews with Domi, Tavares with Marner, and Schenn with Nylander; I think you've got an absolute matchup nightmare regardless of what the left side looks like. Some combination of Dewar, Holmberg, and Minten take on the 4th line C role.
Looking to next year, no, Schenn at $6.5m doesn't sound spectacularily great, but the reality is, that might be the going rate for a #3C for a little while, simply because of all the unexpected money that teams are going to be able to spend. Maybe he ends up on the wing with Minten in the middle at some point next year.
kevsh
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If the Leafs bring him in it might be a signal they're letting JT walk.
But trying to think like MLSE, why trade for a $6.5M 2C when you've already got one? (Of course, JT may ask for a bit more than that but not much if he's getting any term).
But no, it don't happen for many reasons but for my money the most likely is either Schenn won't waive to come to TO or another more enticing team offers the Blues more than a 2026 1st as the main piece.
Not neccessarily.
Tavares is not exactly the "type" of player that you put into high-leverage defensive matchups. He's an offence-first kind of player. Having a 1-2-3 punch of Matthews-Tavares-Schenn is a little problematic from a speed standpoint, but from a structue standpoint, really ideal allowing Tavares to take fewer of the tougher matchups.
It also, in theory, signals to Tavares that the Leafs are more prepared to move on without him, as well as prepared to invest the money that might have gone to him to get guys with cup rings to try and win one here.
I think it's easier to say "John we need you to take $5m vs the $7m you want" when you've already acquired Brayden Schenn and have $13m earmarked for Marner; than it is when your next best centres are Minten, Holmberg, Dewar and Kampf.
SeanMoneyHands
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