Vancouver Canucks Defender, Luke Scheen, Traded to Toronto Maple Leafs for 3rd Round Pick

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After having Luke Scheen scratched for the past week or so, he has finally been dealt 3 days before the NHL Trade Deadline, and it’s to a team he has played for in the past.

The official trade was the Canucks trading veteran defender Luke Scheen to the Toronto Maple Leafs for a 3rd Round Pick in this upcoming NHL draft. This will be Toronto’s own 3rd round pick in the 2023 draft.

The Maple Leafs have been busy days upon Friday’s Trade Deadline. The Leafs have added Ryan O’Reilly, Noel Acciari, Jake McCabe, Sam Lafferty, Erik Gustafsson, and now Luke Scheen. Not only that, the also acquired a 1st round pick in 2023 and a 3rd round pick in 2024 in the process. It’s clear the Leafs are going all-in this year to try and finally break there curse of getting eliminated in the 1st round of the playoffs (usually in Game 7). With all the moves Leafs General Manager Kyle Dubas has made, it’s make or break for the organization. If they fail to make it out of the 1st round again, it’s almost certain that someone will be losing their job in the summer, whether it’s Dubas, or the Leafs’ head coach, Sheldon Keefe.

On the Canucks’ side, this is a pretty solid return. I don’t feel the Canucks would’ve received anything higher than a 3rd round pick. Hoping for a 2nd round pick was a little ambitious, but at least the Canucks got what was Scheen was worth.

As for the 3rd round pick the Canucks received, there’s a lot the team could do with it. 3rd round picks are valuable, as they are great sweeteners in a trade or can be used to draft a player with solid potential to make the NHL, as the 3rd round isn’t too late in the draft and can still produce NHL-regular players.

Essentially, the Canucks can use this 3rd round pick to trade for an already established NHL player, use it to move up in this upcoming draft, use it as a sweetener in a bigger trade, perhaps even move it again before Friday’s Trade Deadline. The possibilities are endless, but regardless, draft picks are magic beans. The Canucks just need to make sure they have it sprout if they choose to select a player with this pick.

Regardless, this is a win-win trade for both the teams. The Canucks get a draft pick that can be used for many things and helps them with their rebuild and the Leafs get a veteran defender to help them in their push to the playoffs.

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