{"id":135367,"date":"2023-02-28T16:55:13","date_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=135367"},"modified":"2023-02-28T16:55:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T21:55:13","slug":"vancouver-canucks-trade-luke-schenn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/28\/vancouver-canucks-trade-luke-schenn\/","title":{"rendered":"Vancouver Canucks Trade Luke Schenn"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A staple of NHL trade deadlines is veteran, stay-at-home defencemen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/s\/schenlu01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Luke Schenn<\/a> more than qualifies. The Vancouver Canucks trade Luke Schenn to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In return, they will receive a third round draft pick.<\/p>\n<h2>Luke Schenn Traded<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can confirm <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frank_seravalli?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">@frank_seravalli<\/a> report: Luke Schenn has been acquired by the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/leafs?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#leafs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/reporterchris\/status\/1630685337990184963?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">February 28, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Before the team agreed to move Schenn out there was some debate among fans. On a team that <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2023\/02\/02\/bo-horvat-trade-the-first-domino\/\" target=\"_self\">shipped out their captain<\/a>, Schenn provided leadership and professionalism. He also played heavy on what is &#8211; despite the number of fighting majors &#8211; a lightweight team.<\/p>\n<p>Not getting as much attention is Schenn&#8217;s scoring since returning to Vancouver. In 49 games leading up to the All-Star break, he had scored twice with 14 assists. That&#8217;s not a lot, but it is for Schenn, putting him within five points of his career-high over a full season.<\/p>\n<p>It helps, of course, that Luke Schenn has been riding tandem with the dynamic <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/h\/hughequ01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Quinn Hughes<\/a> for most of the season. But being able to keep up and work well with star defencemen is a skill of its own, and worth considering. Despite his age and defensive focus, no one considered him a drag on Hughes&#8217; ability.<\/p>\n<p>All the traits those fans love about him also make Schenn in demand around the league. And today the *insertteamnamehere* decided to pay for him, sending *insertreturnhere* to Vancouver.<\/p>\n<h3>What This Means<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s one thing to avoid saying the word &#8220;rebuild&#8221; and another to act like you&#8217;re doing one. The Vancouver Canucks are definitely in a rebuild, though it&#8217;s one that president of hockey operations <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/r\/rutheji01.html?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=lastwordonsports.com&amp;utm_campaign=2023-02-07_hr\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jim Rutherford<\/a> and general Patrik Allvin hope is a short one.<\/p>\n<p>Moving Luke Schenn might not be popular, but it was essential. Right-side defencemen, even ones as old as the 15-year veteran, are perpetually in demand. Without needing his presence for a playoff push, the Canucks decided to get a glimpse of the future instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A staple of NHL trade deadlines is veteran, stay-at-home defencemen. Luke Schenn more than qualifies. The Vancouver Canucks trade Luke Schenn to the Toronto Maple Leafs. In return, they will receive a third round draft pick. Luke Schenn Traded Can confirm @frank_seravalli report: Luke Schenn has been acquired by the #leafs. &mdash; Chris Johnston (@reporterchris) [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3171,"featured_media":135415,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[26,4547,4548],"tags":[2851],"class_list":["post-135367","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-canucks","category-hockey","category-nhl","tag-luke-schenn"],"modified_by":"Tommy Bennett","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135367","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3171"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=135367"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135367\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/135415"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135367"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135367"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135367"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}