Posts About "Luke Schenn"
Lightning: Schenn Is Not an Answer on the Blue Line
December 13th, 2019 One quirk of the NHL salary cap era is that it's impossible to have the perfect player at every position. Simply due to the rising cost of star players, building a playoff-caliber NHL roster requires a few low-cost options to fill out a 23-man roster. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, the cap crunch is being felt strongly as a core of...
Veteran Defenceman Luke Schenn Finds a Home With Canucks
April 10th, 2019 VANCOUVER — Between five different NHL clubs and stints in the American Hockey League, Luke Schenn has logged a lot of kilometres over the past few years. But this season, the 29-year-old found a new home with the Vancouver Canucks — and a chance&...
Canucks’ Rumors & News: Pearson, Hughes, Schenn, Eriksson
April 4th, 2019 The Vancouver Canucks came roaring back to win the team’s last home game of the season against the playoff-bound San Jose Sharks on Tuesday evening to even their season’s record at 35-35-10 with two games left. Such wins don’t help much as far as draft-day placement goes, but it does give the team momentum going into next season...
NHL Rumors: Skinner, Canucks, Blackhawks, More
April 2nd, 2019 In today's NHL rumor rundown, there is news on Jeff Skinner wanting to test free agency, the Carolina Hurricanes feeling like its best to trade Adam Fox, and the Vancouver Canucks want to re-sign a defensemen the rest of the NHL seemingly threw away. Jeff Skinner to Test Free Agency One of the stories to watch this season has...
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Flyers
November 8th, 2018 From the Broad Street Bullies, to the modern day Philadelphia Flyers, the Toronto Maple Leafs have always found trade partners in the form of their Eastern Conference foes. While there hasn’t been any action between the two teams since mid-2012, the two teams have had their fair share of dealings over the years. While...
Maple Leafs' Recent Dealings With the Islanders
August 19th, 2018 The relationship between the Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Islanders may be more strained than ever before after the most recent offseason thanks to a number of individual decisions by players and management. Most notably, former Islanders’ captain John Tavares joined the Maple Leafs on a seven-year deal, while former Maple...
Ducks Sign Luke Schenn, Gibbons, Rowney & Others
July 3rd, 2018 The Anaheim Ducks have been relatively quiet in terms of the magnitude of their free-agent signings since the July 1 free-agent frenzy period began, but they have added a number of new faces to the organization. These transactions are altogether minor in nature, as general manager Bob Murray's goal seems to be to not overspend and...
Leafs Top 5 Draft Busts
January 7th, 2018 There is always something interesting about looking back on earlier NHL draft years. Seeing where players started their careers to see where they ended up later on. And there is an enjoyment in looking back with hindsight. When thinking about NHL draft busts there are always two names that first come to mind. Alexandre Daigle, who was...
4 Coyotes Vegas Fans Should Know
May 29th, 2017 Keep up, Vegas Golden Knights fans. There are plenty more names you need to know ahead of the NHL Expansion Draft next month. Take a second and get caught up with the teams and players we've already covered. When you're all caught up, let's talk about the Arizona Coyotes. Arizona finished just a point ahead of the Vancouver Canucks to...
Coyotes Struggle With Discipline & Production
March 19th, 2017 When you’re struggling for wins and respectability, the last thing you would want to happen is another roadblock and more adversity. Plus, when you’re at the bottom of the NHL standings, like the Arizona Coyotes, that’s just another kick in the teeth. Add playing shorthanded for nearly one full contest to the litany of maladies...
Time to Trade James van Riemsdyk
December 23rd, 2016 Five years ago, the Toronto Maple Leafs had completed yet another unsuccessful season and one that further emphasized a period of sheer futility for the organization. The Leafs' 2011-12 campaign saw the team fail to make the playoffs for a seventh straight year, a result which cost then head coach Ron Wilson his job with only 18 games...
Coyotes Are Abandoning Smith
December 14th, 2016 Despite wins in two games of the last three, there remain legitimate concerns. Though the Arizona Coyotes have picked up four points in their last three contests coming into play at Toronto Thursday night, there is one ominous sign that lingers on the horizon. The number of shots the Coyotes allow on goalie Mike Smith is alarming....
Schenn Gives Coyotes 'Insurance Policy' on Blue Line
July 24th, 2016 At first glance, this appears to be another transition to boost a marginal blue line contingent. If Arizona Coyotes’ coach Dave Tippett is to be believed, the principal off-season objective of the team was to improve goals allowed, and getting help on defense was critical. After resigning goalie Louis Domingue to a two-year,...
