What would YOU do?

100%!!! (assuming, the Isles have already won the lottery and have the 1st overall)

Schenn has the potential to be a 25+ minutes shut down defender who might score 30-35 points. Comparisons include Foote, Komisarik, Robyn Regehr, etc). Some might say he’s already at those levels, or at least close.

Tavares on the other hand can be an elite scorer in the NHL, who will put up 40+ goals and 100+ points (Thornton, Heatley, Lecaveliar, etc). Worst case scenario, he becomes a 30+ goals and 80+ points guy (Richards)

So question becomes do you trade (in their prime) Adam Foote for Joe Thornton. The answer is NO

So for the Leafs this means:

Tavares + Cowen OR The Schenn Brothers

Tavares > B Schenn
Cowen =< L Schenn

Nope. Luke Schenn is a stud. A trade is a backwards move. The ONLY way you trade Schenn is if you can get someone to grossly overpay. I’m talking, makes the Gilmour trade look even.

I’m really warming up to the Leafs drafting Brayden Schenn. It’s a cute thought to ‘get both brothers!’, but here’s how I look at it:

At this point in time, the Leafs have potential to draft anywhere from #1-#7. However, it’s more likely that they draft between #3-#6. This means that they aren’t going to get an absolute ace (franchise player). In fact, they probably won’t even get a guy who can play in the NHL for at LEAST one season. Therefore, they won’t be able to address getting a stud 40+ goal scorer forward like Tavares.

If they trade any of their vets (Kubina, Kaberle, Antropov, Ponikarovsky) there aren’t exactly prospects banging on the door of the NHL for next year. Therefore, they are probably going to get worse next year. That means they should be drafting somewhere between #1 and #5. They’ll have as good a chance at getting Taylor Hall as they will John Tavares.

So- Burke should just do the smart move. Add a piece to the puzzle. Get a guy that will fill an important role. Brayden Schenn looks to be a safe pick to be a gritty guy. Hit, score, fight, block shots, kill penalties. The Leafs could sure use a guy like that.

I would set my goals on either getting Tavares (Touchdown) or Schenn (Field Goal). Now, if only they could find a way to stockpile picks, land Tavares, and trade some other picks to move up for Schenn…

If Garth Snow desperately needed Schenn, they would’ve picked Schenn 5th overall in last year’s draft, instead they traded away their 5th pick to get Josh Bailey whos decent. I doubt Garth wuld trade his 1st for Schenn. But who knows? I mean Burke said he was offered a top 5 pick for Schenn, i wonder who that team is… It could be the Sens. haha

first up because there is a lottery the NYIsles do not necessarily have the first overall, but it is an interesting idea it would give the Leafs 2 picks in the top 6 or so. Schenn is looking more and more like the real deal and because of that I believe the 1st by itself wouldn’t be enough, that being said if the Isles threw in their own 2nd and a prospect such as Kirill Petrov in particular. then as blasphemous to Leafs fans as it sounds you make the deal

cant trade schenn who has proven he can play in the nhl for someone who is yet to be drafted and is still unproven. be a bad deal. unless nyi gave up more than just their first over-all. would need a 2nd or 3rd round pick a present roster player or potential star. something mixed with those ideas. we are talking about 18 years olds so saying they be something is just a guess until it actually happens.

I know this is all hypothetical. So..

If Snow were to offer the said deal to the Leafs, that in itself shows how highly he regards Schenn, and his importance to building a championship team.

That, to me, says right there that the deal should be squashed.

Great post. If this is in relation to the Burke saying he did get a call, I would bet significant ca$h (hey, we will never know the truth so why not ) that the call wasn’t from the Islanders. I would hedge towards St. Louis or Tampa Bay. The Islanders need a marquee player especially if they go into a new building.