from Frank Seravalli of TSN,

Imagine, for one second, Brayden Schennskating in the Stanley Cup Final –wearing the spoked-B for the Boston Bruins instead of the Blue Note.

It almost happened, or so he thinks. Schenn said he got a call on U.S. Thanksgiving in November and believed he was being traded from the Blues to the Bruins.

“How close? I’m not too sure. But there were definitely rumours that I was coming here,” Schenn said. “It’s funny how it works out. Blues versus Boston in the Final. It’s crazy.”

The permutations are indeed crazy. If Schenn became a Bruin, maybe Charlie Coyle is watching this Final from his hometown of Weymouth, Mass., instead of scoring in it.

Schenn was far from alone. Make no mistake: the St. Louis Blues were open for business after a dismal start to the season. GM Doug Armstrong had his finger on the trigger to blow up the Blues.

“You talk to your agent. They know about it, too. You get put up on Frank Seravalli’s Trade Bait board all the time,” Schenn told a pack of reporters at the Cup Final’s Media Day. “There were some dark days at the beginning of the year.”

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