Posts About "Brayden Schenn"
Blues' 2020-21 Top-Six Forward Group Outlook
January 3rd, 2021 The St. Louis Blues come into the 2020-21 season with a new look for the top-six forward group. A couple of players come into the top-six, while a couple of them slip out. With the emergence of young players and a large addition, the top-six will have a different look to start the new season. First Line LW Jaden Schwartz/C...
Los Angeles Kings: Top 5 World Junior Championship Performers
December 23rd, 2020 The LA Kings have the most prospects participating in the 2021 World Junior Championship out of every NHL team. This definitely bodes well for the Kings' future, but it’s also important to remember the past. A number of great players have done wonders for both the Kings and their home countries at the World Junior Championship....
St. Louis Blues' 3 Best Contracts for 2020-21
November 18th, 2020 The St. Louis Blues have been a model franchise in terms of their structure over the last few seasons. They don't have any massive contracts at this point, which is a good sign for the future. The teams with massive contracts rarely see sustained success. The Chicago Blackhawks are the outlier, they won three Cups in five seasons...
Looking at the Blues' 2021 Forward Group
October 30th, 2020 While the St. Louis Blues defensive group will look very different when the next season begins, the forward group will look mostly the same. Management only made one real addition to the forward group and, other than that, the only change will be a couple of injuries when the season begins. For a team that is built on defense, they...
Kings Who Won the Stanley Cup After Leaving LA
October 4th, 2020 It took the LA Kings 45 years to win their first Stanley Cup. During that time frame, tons of players wore the team's uniform. All-time greats such as Wayne Gretzky and Marcel Dionne played for the Kings. Many players have found success after leaving the Kings, and quite a few have gone on to win the Stanley Cup with different teams....
Revisiting the Brayden Schenn Trade
August 22nd, 2020 It's never easy to analyze a trade, especially when players involved in the deal are still building their career resumes. A lot of things factor into a move like the one that saw the Brayden Schenn trade to the St. Louis Blues on NHL Draft Day 2017. What many seem to forget is that this wasn't a one-for one-trade—the Flyers didn't...
Blues Need More from Schenn, Schwartz, & Tarasenko
August 12th, 2020 Under normal circumstances, a four-game stretch of play would be far too brief to harshly evaluate any player or line. Unfortunately, within the NHL's bubble, time is extraordinarily valuable, and ice time is hard to come by. For the defending Stanley Cup champions, that ice time has been limited to just four games, including three in...
Revisiting Saskatoon Blades Trades: Schenn & Ferland from Wheat Kings
August 4th, 2020 It was a sequence of events that certainly charted a course for both teams involved, it just didn't set each club on the path many expected. The Saskatoon Blades and Brandon Wheat Kings were frequent trade partners in the first half of the 2010s, headlined by blockbuster swaps in 2011 and 2013 that sent career Wheat Kings' stars and...
Top Options for Blues' Next Captain
May 3rd, 2020 Alex Pietrangelo of the St. Louis Blues will be an unrestricted free agent (UFA) whenever the 2019-20 season comes to an end in the NHL. And while it seems most likely that the first man ever to lift a Stanley Cup in a Blues uniform will remain in St. Louis, there's a real possibility that the team will be in search of a new captain...
Flyers Face a Familiar Situation with Frost
March 18th, 2020 Over the last 10 seasons, the Philadelphia Flyers have been on a mission to replenish their farm system as a means to grow a Stanley Cup contender. While some picks have been home runs, others have fallen short. Morgan Frost, 2017 first-round pick, is seemingly next in line for a chance at a full-time roster spot. An electric scorer...
Blues' 8-Game Win Streak: 3 Factors
March 5th, 2020 After the odd stretch where the St. Louis Blues had won just 2 of 12 games, they have bounced back in a big way. They've tied their season-high winning streak of eight, after defeating the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden on Tuesday. Related: Best & Worst Draft Picks Since 2010 There have been many key factors in the...
Schenn, Sanford Each Score Twice, Blues Beat Hurricanes 6-3
February 5th, 2020 ST. LOUIS — Brayden Schenn had two goals and an assist, Zach Sanford scored twice and the St. Louis Blues beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 Tuesday night. It was Schenn's first three-point game since Feb. 19, 2019 against Columbus, a stretch of 79 games. Jordan Binnington stopped 25 shots, and Colton Parayko and Sammy Blais also...
Blues' Jaden Schwartz Having a Rebound Season
January 28th, 2020 The 2019-20 season for the St. Louis Blues has been highlighted by players stepping up in the absence of Vladimir Tarasenko. One of the big players to step up has been Jaden Schwartz, he has done it in a big way. In 2018-19, Schwartz posted just 11 goals in 69 games, while this season he already has 16 goals in 49 games. He had 25...
