{"id":406083,"date":"2026-01-13T22:58:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:58:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/406083\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T22:58:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T22:58:12","slug":"schenn-senators-roest-pro-hockey-rumors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/406083\/","title":{"rendered":"Schenn, Senators, Roest \u2013 Pro Hockey Rumors"},"content":{"rendered":"

In last week\u2019s rendition of 32 Thoughts<\/a>, Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman alluded to the idea that St. Louis Blues captain Brayden Schenn<\/a> was willing to waive his no-trade clause to join the Toronto Maple Leafs under one condition: that the team also acquire his brother, Luke Schenn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Specifically, Friedman said, \u201cI heard\u2026Brayden Schenn wasn\u2019t going to waive to Toronto unless the Leafs also got Luke; when all that was going on about teams uniting the Schenn brothers, that\u2019s what I think Toronto was trying to do.\u201d Since he used the past tense and suggested that the team was trying to unite the brothers, it seems likely that this was something the Maple Leafs attempted last year rather than at the present moment.<\/p>\n

However, it\u2019s certainly something Toronto could revisit this season. Brayden has less trade protection than he did last year, seeing his full no-trade clause drop to a 15-team no-trade list this season, while Luke is a pending unrestricted free agent playing on a disappointing Winnipeg Jets team. The Maple Leafs have decent depth on the right side of their defensive core, but could use additional insurance should Brandon Carlo<\/a> go down with injury again.<\/p>\n

Additional notes from the Atlantic Division:<\/p>\n

Recently, there has been significant discussion surrounding the Ottawa Senators, particularly regarding the team\u2019s strong statement refuting rumors that circulated online about goaltender Linus Ullmark<\/a> and the reasons for his personal leave. In a recent interview with Pierre LeBrun of The Athletic<\/a>, General Manager Steve Staios<\/a> said he wouldn\u2019t change his timing, saying, \u201cSo I felt strongly that we had to be there for him, (that) I had to make a statement. And whatever comes with that, I can live with. I\u2019m not going to apologize for standing up for my players when they need it.\u201d
\nJarmo Kek\u00e4l\u00e4inen<\/a> has made another significant addition to the Buffalo Sabres front office. Earlier today, the Sabres announced that they\u2019ve hired Stacy Roest<\/a> as a professional scout. It\u2019s technically a step backward for Roest in his professional career, as he was the longtime Director of Player Development and Assistant General Manager for the Tampa Bay Lightning from 2013-14 to 2024-25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In last week\u2019s rendition of 32 Thoughts, Sportsnet\u2019s Elliotte Friedman alluded to the idea that St. Louis Blues…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":289686,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5106],"tags":[1287,229,5,539,2604,20,5172,4,25,10813,5158,66,31,5171],"class_list":{"0":"post-406083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-toronto-maple-leafs","8":"tag-brayden-schenn","9":"tag-buffalo-sabres","10":"tag-hockey","11":"tag-linus-ullmark","12":"tag-luke-schenn","13":"tag-maple-leafs","14":"tag-mapleleafs","15":"tag-nhl","16":"tag-ottawa-senators","17":"tag-stacy-roest","18":"tag-steve-staios","19":"tag-toronto","20":"tag-toronto-maple-leafs","21":"tag-torontomapleleafs"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/115890271396671749","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=406083"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/406083\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/289686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=406083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=406083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=406083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}