The Toronto Maple Leafs failed last year in an attempt to acquire Brayden Schenn … Does the truth lie between three stories
Nick Kypreos of the Toronto Star: There was talk that the St. They could also look to move one of those players, or one of their goalkeepers, but it’s hard to see them being able to land a key player, be it a goalscorer or a dynamic defensive player.
Sportsnet: Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas on 32 Thoughts: The Podcast – Controversy in Ottawa Around Linus Ullmark episode on St. Louis Blues and Toronto Maple Leafs talking about Brayden Schenn last year.
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Bukauskas: “But one thing you wanted to highlight that Nick (Kypreos) talked about was what they were looking at last year at the trade deadline. That (Easton) Cowan was on the table in an attempt to get Brayden Schenn from St. Louis.
Friedman: “Yeah, you know, Nick’s trade boards and his gossip columns are really good. And when I read that, I was like, OK, another good column. And then I had a couple of people kind of ask me about it. Like, did I hear the same thing in St. Louis?
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And I heard a lot of the same things. A few different things, but I thought, you know, I do it in a pod. So one thing I absolutely believe is true is that if the Blues, the Blues told the Maple Leafs, if you want Schenn, it’s going to be Cowan, (Ben) Danford and so on, as a pick. And they said that’s the deal we’re going to make, we’re going to take it to ask Brayden Schenn. And so I think that’s 100% true. Like, I think that was on the table.
The story I’ve heard is a bit different as to how it ended. And Nick reported that he heard Doug Armstrong wasn’t willing to do it. I heard two other versions. So somewhere between all three is true.
Number one, I heard, Schenn wasn’t going to Toronto unless the Maple Leafs got Luke. Like when the whole thing happened with the teams that included the Schenn brothers, that’s what I think Toronto was trying to do. And if the Maple Leafs had gotten Luke, I think Brayden would have stopped going there.
So part of the problem was, I don’t think, since that didn’t happen and Luke went to Winnipeg, where he is now. I don’t think this deal will be done. I don’t think Brayden will stop.
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Another thing I heard is that the Maple Leafs also looked at the situation and said, instead of making that deal, they could do more by making two deals. And they ended up making the deals they did, for (Brandon) Carlo and (Scott) Laughton.
So it’s interesting, like it’s interesting because my knowledge is no better than anyone else’s. But I absolutely think that was the package that was on the table, that would have to be made for Schenn. I just heard mixed results. But Nick is absolutely right, that he would have to find her. “
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