Islanders add forward Brayden Schenn in deal with Blues at NHL trade deadline
The Islanders are adding center Brayden Schenn from the St. Louis Blues ahead of Friday's NHL trade deadline.
The Isles will send left wing Jonathan Drouin , two draft picks (a first-rounder and a third), and 20-year-old goaltender Marcus Gidlof, a fifth-round pick in the 2024 NHL Draft, to the Blues to complete the deal. (The first-round pick is a 2026 conditional selection received in the Brock Nelson deal.)
Schenn is in year six of an eight-year deal with a $6.5 million average annual value. He had a 15-team no-trade list and decided to waive that clause to come to New York.
On the season, the 34-year-old has tallied 28 points (12 goals, 16 assists) over 61 games while averaging 16:41 time on the ice. He has also won 54.2 percent of his faceoffs this season, a career-high mark. (Schenn won 49.5 percent of faceoffs in the previous four seasons.)
The long-time NHL veteran has served as the Blues' captain since the 2023 season and was a member of their 2019 Stanley Cup-winning team, when he tallied 12 points (five goals, seven assists) over 25 postseason games.
Before joining St. Louis for the 2017 campaign, he played for six seasons with Philadelphia after first dipping his toe into the league with the Los Angeles Kings for nine games over two seasons.
Drouin, signed this past offseason to a two-year deal with a $4 million aav, tallied 21 points (three goals, 18 assists) over 55 games while averaging 17:09 time on the ice.
He has 82 games of postseason experience, with 13 goals and 30 assists (minus-19) while averaging 17:46 time on the ice.
After a 5-3 defeat to the Kings on Thursday , the Isles (35-23-5) sit at 75 points, good for third in the Metropolitan Division, but are just three points ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets , who have two games in hand.
JEAN-GABRIEL PAGEAU SIGNS EXTENSION
In addition to trading for Schenn on Friday, the Isles signed Pageau to a three-year extension that begins with the 2026-27 season.
The deal is worth $4.85 million annually.
Pageau has 14 goals and 15 assists in 33 games this season.
The 33-year-old center is in his seventh season with New York.
He has amassed 86 goals and 127 assists in 424 career games with the Islanders.
