Luke Schenn

Schenn never got close to post-season with Leafs after being drafted him fifth overall in 2008. He's since won two Stanley Cups and has a chance to win a ...

[your observations in 13 Musings about the ‘atmosphere’ at Scotiabank Arena](https://www.thestar.com/sports/breakaway_blog/2023/02/28/13-musings-why-one-leafs-trade-might-lead-to-another-plus-the-art-of-draft-pick-dealing.html). (The Leafs have quite neatly replaced him with McCabe and have the makings of a quite affordable blue line next year.) [Matt Murray](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/players/904022/stats) is the answer. [Mitch Marner](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/players/852982/stats) is trailing, I’ll see him stretch his stick out to lightly hook his own teammate from behind. He does it all the time if he thinks a teammate could use it. That said, I have a fair bit of faith in [Joseph Woll](https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/players/984121/stats). [has now been drastically altered with the addition of a lot of players with jam in their game](https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2023/03/02/kyle-dubas-conducted-major-roster-surgery-to-put-maple-leafs-over-the-top-the-strategy-has-worked-before.html) while subtracting players who lack it? [The trade of Schenn — one day after the Leafs drafted Morgan Rielly — in 2012](https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2012/06/23/maple_leafs_trade_luke_schenn_to_flyers.html), was all part of that futile chase. [traded the next two first-rounders (and a second) for Phil Kessel](https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/opinion/2022/10/29/the-inside-story-of-how-phil-kessel-became-a-maple-leaf-and-what-went-wrong.html) that turned the team into a decent, but never great, team. Flyers to the Arizona Coyotes to the Anaheim Ducks to the Vancouver Canucks to the Tampa Bay Lightning, back to the Canucks and then back to the Leafs. [Jake Muzzin-type](https://www.thestar.com/sports/leafs/2023/02/22/leafs-defenceman-jake-muzzin-ruled-out-of-regular-season-and-playoffs-due-to-cervical-spine-injury.html), playing with some snarl but able to add offence. If done right, the Leafs might have been able to build on the next couple of drafts.