PIT/VAN Schenns R Us

[Robin Hood]

To Vancouver

Brayden Schenn

To Pittsburgh

Derick Brassard
Dylan McIlrath
Charlie Coyle
Oscar Klefbom
2013 1st Rounder (VAN)

[MSP4LYFE]

I think this is a great deal for Chris.

[Chris]

Chris says
You know what?
I'm going to do it. This has gone on too far and I'm getting pissed off at everyone. This is the first and only time I will allow my intuition to cloud my ability to reason. I will not and won't allow myself to be swayed by other bidders in the future.

Very tough negotiations, Shiv. Wow. Confirmed. I now have who I feel is going to be a top-5 BBKL centre.

Don't fitter away those assets, Shiv.

[bills09]

Holy overpayment for Brayden Schenn

but schenner will be beast.

[shooker]

I agree with the overpayment. A good young roster, three great prospects and a top 5 pick in 2013, seems like a lot for schenn especially how he has looked this preseason.

[KapG]

Good trade all around. Lots to pay for Schenn, but sometimes you gotta pay up to get what yah want!

Pick won't be top 5 in 2013 btw ^^.

[hong57]

Good trade all around. Lots to pay for Schenn, but sometimes you gotta pay up to get what yah want!

Pick won't be top 5 in 2013 btw ^^.

coz world ends in 2012?

[armandtanzarian]

For once, I really think Shiv got the best of this one. Some serious assets coming back.

[Chris]

Lulz @ pick being top five in 2013

[Chris]

To explain my position here...

Brassard doesn't impact the game defensively. He will never be known as a two-way player like Toews, Hossa, Crosby, Staal, etc... his value is one-dimensional. Even if he breaks out this year with 60 points, I wouldn't care. He's a small fragile player who plays a gritty style of game that will inevitably wear him down. Coyle, Klefbom, and McIlrath are all at least two years away from making any BBKL impact -- in Klefbom and Coyle's corner, there's some serious bust potential.

I also have too many good pieces in my roster to be a bottom five team in 2012-13. My goaltending will bend and likely break this year, allowing me to grab one more franchise piece in this year's draft. Once done, Poulin or Nilsson will take over in Long Island, settling my goaltending once and for all.

I love my roster make-over!

[armandtanzarian]

Lulz @ pick being top five in 2013

Agree with you 100% on this! Team is looking to be very competitive in near future.

[KapG]

Good trade all around. Lots to pay for Schenn, but sometimes you gotta pay up to get what yah want!

Pick won't be top 5 in 2013 btw ^^.

coz world ends in 2012?

lol Hong. No, not because the world ends in 2012.

[Shep]

Alright

[anton]

Good trade all around. Lots to pay for Schenn, but sometimes you gotta pay up to get what yah want!

Pick won't be top 5 in 2013 btw ^^.

coz world ends in 2012?

fuck hong is cute

[bills09]

Fgt

[Nick]

Shiv cashes in. And IMO actually watched the flyers pre-season, Sean looked awesome, Brayden did not.

[The BBKL Insider]

Schenn didn't even look good last year during the preseason.

Great deal for both guys, nice pieces to shiv

[Chris]

Shiv cashes in. And IMO actually watched the flyers pre-season, Sean looked awesome, Brayden did not.

Remind me to offer you Morrow and Foligno for Kane and Ovechkin later tonight then.

[Chris]

Shiv cashes in. And IMO actually watched the flyers pre-season, Sean looked awesome, Brayden did not.

Remind me to offer you Morrow and Foligno for Kane and Ovechkin later tonight then.

No reply, NicK? Odd. You usually have something one-dimensional to say...?

[Nick]

Hmm.. sorry my internet connection slowed my response time. 1-dimensional, cannot say I'm aware of what you're referring to.

Brayden failing to even look good, not to mention failing to dominate, in pre-season play is a bad sign to me. Absolutely no comparison to Ovy, to whom pre-seaosn means nothing. And I guess you haven't watched Kane this pre-season, as he is owning more then anyone else mentioned.

I would be interested in Morrow, has looked good to me.