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Hallelujah! Luke Schenn Signs

Late breaking news as Bob McKenzie tweeted that Luke Schenn has signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs and will be at camp later this morning:

Nothing official in way of Schenn numbers but hearing it's a 5 year deal in the $3.5M range, give or take $100K. Exact details in the a.m.

We'll update full details as they come in. A cap hit between $3.4M and $3.6M [Update: It's $3.6M] puts Schenn among the following company: Rob Scuderi, Johnny Oduya, Kris Letang, Ryan Suter, Roman Hamrlik, Nick Schultz, Willie Mitchell, Cory Sarich, Brent Burns, Matt Carle, Niklas Hjalmarsson, and Viktor Hedman. As Chemmy noted, this deal actually covers one of Schenn's UFA years as he would have been eligible to be an unrestricted free agent after the fourth year of his deal (seven accrued years of service). 

While we wait for confirmation on those figures, here are a couple of recent posts about the Leafs' younger cornerstone defender:

Luke Schenn

#2 / Defenseman / Toronto Maple Leafs

6-2

229

Nov 02, 1989

Drafted: 5th Overall in 2008 NHL Entry Draft

2008-09 NHL All-Rookie First Team

GP G A P +/- PIM PPG SHG GWG UIP SOG PCT
Career - Luke Schenn 231 12 41 53 -17 155 1 0 1 TBD 331 3.6%
Poll
How do you feel about this deal?
Happy! Our Luke and Saviour Is Here To Stay!
381 votes
Sad! This was too much for Schenn
35 votes
Relieved! This took five months?
264 votes
Other - I'll explain in the comments
10 votes

690 votes | Poll has closed

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This buys UFA years. Good price.

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by Chemmy on Sep 16, 2011 1:39 AM EDT reply actions  

Singular. 1 UFA year, not years. I would rather it have been 3 years and been able to have an RFA contract again. But thats just me.

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by BCapp on Sep 16, 2011 1:02 PM EDT up reply actions  

Would have preferred a number a little lower, but honestly, in 2 or 3 years this could be a great value, and this buys us one of his UFA years which is awesome too.

Couldn’t be happier.

by Huey2k2 on Sep 16, 2011 1:55 AM EDT reply actions  

Yeah

It’s not as low as we would have hoped but it does buy a year of his UFA status and hopefully he grows into it.

Solid deal.

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by PPP on Sep 16, 2011 2:09 AM EDT up reply actions  

Not a bad price maybe a little steep but it could prove to be a steal if he continues developing at the rate he has been. Now I have no reason not to go get a Schenn jersey no more.

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by Lesean25 on Sep 16, 2011 2:03 AM EDT reply actions  

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by FiftyMissionCap on Sep 16, 2011 2:07 AM EDT reply actions  

Sadly most of the fetuses will have punched their way out of the womb long before the pregnancy test can be administered, meaning those unlucky ladies will be out the $10.

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by CanadianMaple09 on Sep 16, 2011 2:14 AM EDT up reply actions  

dollarama now sells $1 preg tests for this very reason

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by LeafFan1989 on Sep 16, 2011 6:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

This is great news. About time!

by RJinSoCal on Sep 16, 2011 3:19 AM EDT reply actions  

Anyone who chooses to vote anything other than ‘happy’ is a communist and a terrorist.

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

by article1 on Sep 16, 2011 5:05 AM EDT via mobile reply actions  

Relieved?

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by LeafFan1989 on Sep 16, 2011 6:56 AM EDT up reply actions  

‘Relieved’ implies that there was doubt over the outcome and is basically sedition.

No. Not even in the face of Armageddon. Never compromise.

by article1 on Sep 16, 2011 7:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

this logic is impeccable.

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by Wan Ihite on Sep 16, 2011 8:13 AM EDT up reply actions  

Sad – I wanted him to get traded to the Sabres for peanuts.

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by Ubiquitous on Sep 16, 2011 9:07 AM EDT up reply actions  

Yes.

RIP WB
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by fair_n_hite_451 on Sep 16, 2011 9:42 AM EDT up reply actions  

you are a sabres fan, so by default – yes.

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by Say *plan the parade one more time*... on Sep 16, 2011 10:29 AM EDT up reply actions  

Ideally would have been 3 to end in RFA, but 5 buys a UFA year and $3.5M has been the price expected for almost 6 months.

Today is a good day.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 16, 2011 6:06 AM EDT reply actions  

Very reasonable

Awesome to hear about this deal. Obviously its been noted that it’s a bit high but I’m glad to buy a year of UFA for a bit more of a cap hit. Doughty should be taking notes on reaching a reasonable agreement, that kid is nuts if he is in fact turning down 6.8+ million $/year…

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by Kule-man on Sep 16, 2011 8:07 AM EDT reply actions  

Well, I'm satisfied.

It’s not fantastic, but it’s still reasonable.

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by JP Nikota on Sep 16, 2011 8:12 AM EDT reply actions  

That year of UFA is actually worth quite a lot

Especially if the salary cap stops growing as fast (business is littered with the corpses of people who extrapolated short term trends out forever – not saying that it won’t keep growing, but you’d be brave to count on it).

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by Wan Ihite on Sep 16, 2011 8:15 AM EDT reply actions  

In 1969 disco was up 600%. If this trend continues…eeehhhhh!

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by theninjagreg on Sep 16, 2011 10:51 AM EDT via mobile up reply actions   2 recs

WOOOO!!

I cracked out my Schenn jersey and dance a little with it.

by blindfolded tank driver on Sep 16, 2011 8:30 AM EDT via iPhone app reply actions  

You should probably see a doctor as per the comments upthread.

Never be too careful about this sort of thing.

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by fair_n_hite_451 on Sep 16, 2011 9:43 AM EDT up reply actions  

meh…. I knew it was coming; never really a doubt. The only thing I feel relief over is the amount Burke could have potentially dished out. I was hoping it wouldn’t be over 3.2, but as long as it stayed under 3.8, I couldn’t really complain.

DISCLAIMER I came late to the party, so I didn’t see the original comments. Nor am I a moderator, so I don’t have visibility into the “moderation cue”. On the topic of Chemmy post yesterday, comparing Schenn to other “like” defensemen, a poster “Chris” was disagreeing. Now, forgive me if I missed it, but it seems more and more that if anyone disagrees with the popular opinion of the blog, they are chastized, ridiculed, and then banned. You run the danger here of becoming a Stalin or Adolf of hockey blogging. However, if in fact, he was using inappropriate language, then that’s different. But, even at that point, I see vulgarities strewn throughout this blog on a daily basis w/o any consequences.

by gettingcozywithsarkozy on Sep 16, 2011 9:02 AM EDT reply actions  

It was a different website, and yes Chris was hurling insults that have no place among friends, nevertheless strangers

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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 16, 2011 9:48 AM EDT up reply actions  

There are some things that have been so hashed out to death around here, like say how worthless plus/minus is, that when someone new comes in and talks it up the regulars just react dismissively by instinct. It’s nothing personal. Unless it is. You can never tell with these people

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by T is for Truculence on Sep 16, 2011 10:11 AM EDT up reply actions  

On the topic of Chemmy post yesterday, comparing Schenn to other "like" defensemen, a poster "Chris" was disagreeing.

It’s not new and it’s not unique to this site. Generally when someone comes in and is more interested in being an asshole than raising a differing opinion then they are met with the exact same kind of response. Then, rather than defend his original arguments that were picked apart he started calling people “shit-flinging monkeys” (the moderated comments).

An asshole like that does nothing but lower the tenor of discussion. While we don’t always do a perfect job of moderating every comment on the site when someone’s already being a pain it’s easier to deal with it by banning them. They are always free to discuss it with us but of the dozens of people we’ve had to ban only one has ever made a case to show that it was legitimately a case of misunderstanding rather than them actually being an asshole.

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by PPP on Sep 16, 2011 2:16 PM EDT up reply actions  

I like those people, they amuse me

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 16, 2011 4:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

Banned

Not liking the Habs since 1959.

by not norm ullman on Sep 17, 2011 6:08 PM EDT up reply actions  

You run the danger here of becoming a Stalin or Adolf of hockey blogging.

Excellent way of making an argument.

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by PPP on Sep 16, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions  

If this is the case, we should probably nominate a minority who’ll be sent to our poncentration pamps when Scotiabank Place finally becomes available. Any suggestions?

by Be26 on Sep 16, 2011 3:10 PM EDT up reply actions  

it seems more and more that if anyone disagrees with the popular opinion of the blog, they are chastized, ridiculed, and then banned.

You can definitely disagree with popular opinion. It’s all about if you’re an asshole about it or not. Think you’re right? Prove it, back it up, use evidence, logic, some semblence of rational thought and don’t just attack people like a troll.

I might have been one of the very few who was hoping we’d go all out to sign Brad Richards as a UFA July 1, despite knowing the downsides of age, cap hit, etc.

While I might have been chirped, I was hardly chastized, ridiculed, then banned.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 18, 2011 2:04 PM EDT up reply actions  

exactly, nothing bugs me more than an argument based off of nothing but opinion without a methodology to back it up. Also people get waaaay too touchy when you question their opinion, especially many first timers and newbies who automatically go on the defensive and claim they are being abused by an echo chamber, failing to realize that most of the time the reason there is consensus is because of previous discussion on the topic.

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by JaredFromLondon on Sep 18, 2011 3:28 PM EDT up reply actions  

I’m kind of amused by Steve’s article yesterday which launched yet another stats-based slap fight over what Schenn was worth, and now here this morning he signs for exactly what most of us thought he would six months ago; a discounted version of Marc Staal’s contract.

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by clrkaitken on Sep 16, 2011 9:12 AM EDT reply actions  

Depends how you value the UFA year. If you peg it at $5 million (probably about what a top shut-down defender will make in a few years) then the RFA years are valued at $3.25 million, significantly below Staal’s salary.

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by Draglikepull on Sep 16, 2011 9:55 AM EDT up reply actions  

Well how many years of Staal’s contract were RFA vs UFA. You can’t do it to one player and not the other.

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by BCapp on Sep 16, 2011 1:03 PM EDT up reply actions  

Bingo.

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by nhlcheapshot on Sep 18, 2011 2:01 PM EDT up reply actions  

We’re just smarter than stats.

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by PPP on Sep 16, 2011 2:12 PM EDT up reply actions  

If I win our league, that’s on the shortlist for the masthead

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by clrkaitken on Sep 16, 2011 3:56 PM EDT up reply actions  

Kind of expected dollar amount.

Probably a little high, but for 5 years I’ll take it. I’m in.

Glad we don’t have to worr y about Schenn for 5 years

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by MapleLeafMole on Sep 16, 2011 9:30 AM EDT reply actions  

My thoughts exactly

I’m not dancing around my living room, but I’m still pleased. Plus getting rid of a UFA year is great. I’m satisfied and happy that we won’t have to think about it anymore.

Now we just worry about PLAYOFFS!!!1

Let the reign of Chemmy begin

by MLS on Sep 18, 2011 6:30 PM EDT up reply actions  

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