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Luke Schenn Traded to Flyers for JVR!!!

BlueWhiteBlood said:
James Mirtle ‏@mirtle

Burke says JVR's injury is part of the reason this deal didn't get done during the season.

James Mirtle ‏@mirtle

Burke says he thinks of JVR playing as a winger but that the coaching staff may try him as a centre.
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I'm wondering if this trade came up again now that Staal was traded. Burke said he was in talks for him but couldn't get a deal done. Pittsburgh might have been asking for the 5th, Schenn, plus something else. With that option gone the JVR trade may have looked like the best option for trading Schenn. If Duchene was ever available then Schenn was likely mentioned there too, but Duchene signing an extension would have also ended that.
 
Might have been mentioned here already, but a Columbus writer reported that JVR was one of the guys the Blue Jackets wanted in any potential Nash-to-Philly deal.
 
Madferret said:
Burke passed on Schenn + the 5 pick for Staal or is that just hearsay?
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Pure speculation on my part. Burke said he was in on a Staal trade but couldn't make it work, partly because there wasn't already another Staal on the team. I was just guessing what the return might have been based on what Carolina traded, so the 5th, Schenn, plus something might have been similar.

The exact package wasn't the point of my post, more that Schenn might have been involved, and when that deal didn't materialize then the JVR trade was the fallback.
 
Madferret said:
Burke passed on Schenn + the 5 pick for Staal or is that just hearsay?
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It sounded like Staal wasn't going to sign an extension except perhaps with Carolina so a trade just wasnt going to work out ...
 
This is about as good a return as one could imagine for any of the Dmen not named Gardiner or Phaneuf.

I wonder what is next.  I think more have to be moved.  One, maybe two from the top 7.  Rielly and Finn add to the depth in the system and probably make others above them expendable as well. 

Burke got one forward he wanted.. now I think he needs to make a few more moves to re-align the depth chart to not be so defense-heavy. 
 
Corn Flake said:
Rielly and Finn add to the depth in the system and probably make others above them expendable as well. 
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Neither are likely to have much impact on the current depth chart as both are almost certainly heading back to junior for another season. The Leafs will still need ~14 defencemen in the system.
 
Wow, I just got home, turned on the computer and read the news.

I'm elated.

Schenn wasn't going to ever be more than a 5th defenseman. Maybe he'll do more with his brother but this is a great deal for us.
 
Deebo said:
I see the logic behind the trade, I'm interested to see how it turns out.
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Like the Lupul for Beau trade, it was something that just made sense for both teams to do for so long it was almost inevitable.
 
I like the trade...cheaper than nash and 5 years younger (although not as prolific a scorer).  Ryan was going to be too expensive to acquire (plus there might be issues there with the coach).  He is also only 23...if he is supposed to be a power winger he shouldn't have come close to peaking yet.
 
Great another Connolly. Dumbass Move.
You get a top 5 pick a defenceman and you trade your last top pick for a Flyer.

Dumbass.

Stupid move.
 
Ronco said:
Great another Connolly. Dumbass Move.
You get a top 5 pick a defenceman and you trade your last top pick for a Flyer.

Dumbass.

Stupid move.
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Eloquent. You forgot to mention the part where you trade your last top pick for a former #2 overall.

Van Reimsdyk had a strong playoffs a year ago (7G) and started this season with 16 pts in 20 games before getting hurt. He's developing nicely when healthy. Before this past season he never had recurring or serious injury issues.
 
Ronco said:
Great another Connolly. Dumbass Move.
You get a top 5 pick a defenceman and you trade your last top pick for a Flyer.

Dumbass.

Stupid move.
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So you're complaining that we drafted a defenseman when we needed a forward and now don't like that we traded a defenseman for a forward?

I wasn't happy with Burke going with Rielly or however you actually spell that name but getting JVR works for me. He was a number 2 pick that actually looks like he may live up to that. Schenn at number 5..........not so much.
 
I'm a bit curious as to why the Flyers gave up on JVR so quickly. Any accounts of Flyers fans being all over JVR? He was a fan favorite wasn't he?
 
Madferret said:
I'm a bit curious as to why the Flyers gave up on JVR so quickly. Any accounts of Flyers fans being all over JVR? He was a fan favorite wasn't he?
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They have lots of forwards?

Giroux, Briere, Hartnell, Schenn, Couturier, Voracek, Simmonds and Read.

 
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