LUKE SCHENN RUMORS & GOSSIP
THERE WILL BE BLOOD
Luke Schenn takes slapshot to face
Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Luke Schenn took a puck directly in the face on a slapshot from Winnipeg Jets defenseman Tobias Enstrom during the second period of Saturday's NHL game at the MTS Centre. Schenn immediately skated off the ice and straight into the dressing room to treat his bloody face, but did return to the game. Video via HockeyVideoHD. Visit us at holdoutsports...
Luke Schenn mistakes commentators box for Phildelphia Flyers bench
You had to figure that something like this would happen eventually. A player would be tired and desperate to get off the ice and they would jump into the commentators box. On Sunday during the Philadelphia Flyers-Pittsburgh Penguins game, that is exactly what happened. Flyers defenseman Luke Schenn was trying to get a change and he hopped into the commentators box with Pierre...
Bill Meltzer: Meltzer's Musings: Player Conditioning; Luke Schenn; Luongo Rumor
With shortened training camps, conditioning a challenge for some
Yesterday afternoon, I had the chance to ride with Eklund and Capt. EO to attend the NHL's press conference in New York. It was a joy to be able to gather again with people I consider my friends as well as my colleagues and shoot the breeze about actual NHL hockey: the Flyers' outlook for the shortened season...
Addition of Luke Schenn Now More Crucial to Flyers Defense
Luke Schenn (right) pictured in Flyers gear for the first time at Bauer Pro Camp
As the trade deadline approached last season, rumors of the Philadelphia Flyers trading James van Riemsdyk to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Luke Schenn floated around. At the end of the day, both players remained on their respected teams.
Apparently, after the season had ended, both teams still had...
Flyers Make Moves to Prepare for Future
Newly acquired defenseman Luke Schenn positions the Flyers well on defense.
The Flyers draft class was kind of an unusual one. The Flyers passed on a couple of highly touted defensemen to draft a player at #20 in Scott Laughton that most thought would have been there for the Flyers in the second round. They went on to take 4 defenseman, a goalie and a winger with the rest of their...
Brotherly Love, Why The JVR Trade Makes Sense
On Saturday, the Flyers ended the continuous rumors and traded winger James van Riemsdyk to the Toronto Maple Leafs for defenseman Luke Schenn. The two teams have been in talks about a trade involoving these two pieces "since the winter", according to Paul Holmgren.
So why does this trade work? Here's why:
Needs- Toronto needed a big forward, while the Flyers needed...
Family Matters: Schenns Unite & JVR To Toronto
The Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers have reached a deal sending James van Riemsdyk to Toronto's ACC and Luke Schenn to the City Of Brotherly Love.
After being speculated for some weeks now, the trade marks the second in two days in which family ties are re-kindled, when Eric and Jordan Staal were joined in Carolina. Luke and Brayden have always thought about the...
Is Luke Schenn’s Time With the Maple Leafs Coming to an End?
(Nathan Denette, The Canadian Press)
By Lukas Hardonk (@LukasHardonk)
Trade rumours about Luke Schenn heading out of Toronto began the moment the Maple Leafs drafted the young defenceman fifth overall in the 2008 NHL Entry Draft. A strong, talented and big blue liner, Schenn entered the league with plenty of potential and has since developed into a solid every day NHLer, or has...
The Schenn Brothers Together In Toronto?
from Lance Hornby of the Toronto Sun, Luke Schenn has a natural inclination to watch out for his kid brother Brayden.
And while that task would be a lot easier if both were on the same bench for the Philadelphia Flyers, that’s not quite the close proximity that Luke is thinking of right now. While gainfully employed by the Maple Leafs, there continues to be speculation Luke will...
Toronto Maple Leafs Trade Rumors: Dealing Luke Schenn?
On January 25th the Toronto Maple Leafs announced they were signing veteran defenseman John-Michael Liles to a four-year $15.5 million contract extension, and with that announcement came more rumors that defenseman Luke Schenn was going to be on the trading block.
We have already discussed the good, bad and the ugly of trading Luke Schenn, with the majority of Leaf fans feeling that...
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