Subway Schenn
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At least we ended up with Gardiner in that first round. Wish he had the feet.
We've been places. This happened a full decade ago.
Schenn has managed to play the third most games in that draft, 700 +. Pretty funny to look back on how he was a "bright spot" for us his rookie season. Had a sophomore Anton Stralman in the lineup too but thankfully Burke was there to **** that one up.
Burke made lots of questionable moves but it was Anton Stralman who messed up his future in Toronto. And Calgary and Columbus. It took getting dumped by Calgary after one training camp and being released by Columbus before Stralman got his act personal act together with the Rangers.
Schenn was just physically and emotionally precocious. He was man strong at 18 and a mature kid likable kid. I get to this day how a scout could be high on the individual but they should have read his limitations better. You can like a prospect without believing he's top of the draft good. His puck skills remain to this day super limited and his feet were no better than average and I believe actually declined from his rookie season on (chronic knee issues?).
Pierre McGuire is awful. I was re-watching Eberle’s last second tying goal against Russia in the WJC from a few years ago and I forgot how Pierre basically ruined the call. Miller is all hyped up, calls the goal, then says “Can you believe it!?” Obviously it’s rhetorical and serves as a transition to hearing the crowd going nuts, but good old McGuire has to get his two cents in immediately. God forbid he have some patience.
The call with Pierre muted is 10x better.
To rate their effectiveness or aid in picks?With all the stats available, i think GMs should have drafting stats.
He also put on a lot of muscle weight, and that slowed him even further. Later in his career, he dropped some of the weight, and that helped some. He had a first two years, then bulked up. Drafted at 210 lbs, he was 235 coming into his third season.
Luke Schenn also had a coming out party after the arrival of Phaneuf and was the Leafs best defenseman, according to Burke.
In addition, Schenn has bulked up to 235 lbs. in the off-season to add more power to his already dominant presence on the ice. Look for Schenn to improve upon his sophomore season that saw him post career highs in goals, points and plus/minus.
Should have worked on skating, instead of bulking up... just the wrong read on the direction of the league.
Articles that didn't age well.... LOL Toronto Maple Leafs: Luke Schenn Isn't Going Anywhere, All Is Well
Leaf's management have to accept some responsibility for rushing him onto a team with no support structure to insulate him. We likely contributed to his lack lustre career output.
So schenn into JVR and then JVR into.....???
If you want to look at it that way, we turned JVR into cap space to fit in John Tavares.
I remember that day. I thought it was the dawn of a new beginning. Little did I know it was the dawn of a brand new level of pain.
So schenn into JVR and then JVR into.....???
The strategy of having a finesse defenseman with a physical stay-at-home partner is dying. It's still something teams fall back on with limited talent to go around.
Luke Schenn would of been a much more coveted blueliner in the past. The fact is, the Leafs saw a lot of Bruins go to the net and do there thing there and I'd say
only Polak was effective at stopping this. It's a simple thing that keeps guys like Schenn in business.