King Schenn (for a day)

Big ups and congrats to Brayden (the younger) Schenn.

Schenn the elder & Schenn the younger

BS signed a one-day amateur tryout agreement with the Kings, to fill in for injured the Loktionov (dislocated shoulder), who had been called up from Manchester to replace the injured Stoll.  B rocketed up the depth chart for the Kings' away game vs. the Canucks - convenient as he was in Victoria on Wednesday for a Canadian junior all-star competition. So what does it mean for his future with the Kings? I have no idea. He played his ten games and was sent back to the Wheat Kings, but given the CBA rulings, the one-day tryout allows him to play for the date of the contract. Will they sign him to a professional contract? Unknown, but he put up pretty good numbers in his first NHL game, and he has 39 points in 24 games so far with the Wheat Kings. Keeping him can be a good thing if he can adjust to the speed of the NHL. Although he does need to work on his faceoffs.

LOS ANGELES KINGS

+/-

TOI

A/B

HT

TK

BS

FW

FL

F%

TOT

SHF

AVG

PP

SH

EV

55

C

SCHENN, BRAYDEN

-1

12:31

19

00:39

00:11

00:17

12:03

1

4

1

1

4

10

29

Sadly, the Kings lost, 1-4, but Brayden put up respectable numbers for a first-timer, and at the same time managed to be the 3rd youngest player to play in the Kings organisation. There were only a couple photos of B from the game, and one isn't really a highlight photo, so... here you go! B racing with Mason Raymond for the puck.

Keep it up, BSchenn. Hope you stay for more than a day, big guy! Good luck.

Inside outside upside down

Or something like that, given all that happened in the past 24 hours. Let's see...

• Kobasew traded to Minny for 2 minor leaguers and a draft pick
• Lucic put on Long-Term IR (3-4 weeks)
  
• Sobotka and Marchand called up from Providence
• Looch had surgery to repair broken right index finger
• Savard, Thornton, Lefebvre missed practice today

Well I'm a little mind boggled. Why did Savvy and Thorty miss practice? Was Kobasew traded to clear cap space for Sobotka et al? Isn't that the purpose of putting Looch on LTIR? Was Chia clearing space to re-sign Savvy and Wheels? Will Sobotka play with Krejci, or will Bitzy keep on keepin' on there? Where will Marchand fit in? Wednesday's game v. Nashville should be interesting, to say the least. It IS v. Nashville, right?

Golf, anyone? Anyone?!

Hm. Someone could be beginning their summer a touch early this year.... :

ATLANTA (Ticker) — In the wake of the upper body injury suffered by Kari Lehtonen one night earlier, the Atlanta Thrashers on Friday recalled fellow goaltender Dan Turple from Chicago of the American Hockey League.

Lehtonen left Thursday’s 5-4 shootout victory over the New York Rangers after one period and is not expected to play against Ottawa on Saturday.

Well THAT sucks. I mean, yay for Turps... I'm guessing Ondrej's too busy trying to make playoffs, or also injured? Curious though. Good job getting injured in the last almost-two weeks, Kärppä....