12:02 p.m.: Both teams have confirmed the trade.
11:40 a.m.: TSN’s Darren Dreger reports that the Winnipeg Jets are acquiring defenseman Luke Schenn from the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins recently acquired Schenn in a trade with the Nashville Predators.
Dreger quickly followed up, reporting that Pittsburgh is receiving a second- and fourth-round pick in return. Frank Seravalli of Daily Faceoff added that the second-round pick will be in 2026 and the fourth-round pick in 2027.
Now that Schenn has been moved to Winnipeg, the Penguins have essentially acquired Thomas Novak, a 2026 second-round pick, and a one-year punt on a fourth-round pick for Michael Bunting. The added draft capital gives Pittsburgh 30 total picks in the next three drafts.
The 17-year defenseman complements the already solid Jets’ defensive core. Schenn is far removed from scoring 20+ points a year as he did in 2022-23, but he’s zeroing in on totaling more than 250 hits for the seventh time of his career.
He’s a quality shutdown option Winnipeg can safely play in their bottom pairing. He’s averaged a 91.5% on-ice save percentage throughout his career, and that number should continue to grow in front of the league’s top netminder.
Thanks to Connor Hellebuyck’s stellar play, the Jets are already at the top of the league for GA/G. However, Winnipeg could use some help on the penalty kill. They rank 15th in the category with a 79.25% kill rate, ranking below their Central Division peers such as the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche. Schenn should help improve this area of Winnipeg’s game and make them more difficult to play against in the Stanley Cup playoffs.
Now it makes sense.
Pittsburgh essentially trading Bunting and a downgrade in 4th rounders for Novak and a 2nd is a tidy bit of business.
Saved me the time of writing this post.
I wonder if Chevy can bring his brother along
We are getting to the point where we are going to have too many picks and will need to make a few moves to consolidate them by moving up.
OR go for a real swing for the fences approach and keep them. Try to find a Kaprizov on every mid round pick knowing a bunch will bust.
You can never have too many picks. It’s the only asset that doesn’t have a cap (even drafted prospects are capped by a number you have). So these can be moved for more picks down the road. I’d expect some will be moved for younger (somewhat) established players this offseason as well.
30 picks in the next 3 years
This is a reminder that even YOU, could one day be worth a 2nd at the NHL Trade Deadline.
Rakell will end up dealt for 10 2nd round picks
Wait, the Pens got a 2nd and 4th for Schenn? Trotz really does suck as a GM!
Why? He’s slow, Old, And immobile, And don’t give me the, He’s good in the room B.S., There were tons of better options to add significant depth. This is a big swing and a miss.
Pens got more for Schenn than SEA got for Tanev
Funny how no one seems to be ripping on Kyle for this, seeing as he’s only undoing years’ worth of mismanagement by that Flyers mole.
This mess was started before Hextall showed up. Rutherford sucked his last few years and made major mistakes.
Pittsburgh gets a bit of a haul for sending Luke Schenn to Winnipeg. Winnipeg is adding some grit to their team with Brandon Tanev & now Schenn.
They tried to tell Schenn to clean out his locker, then remembered that he never had one yet…
Does this count as team 9 or 10?