A look back at the Schenn trade

This is interesting....how well has that Brayden Schenn trade worked out for the Brandon Wheat Kings, three-plus years after it was made?

To recap the trade, on January 10, 2011 Brandon traded Schenn (who had just been returned to the WHL from the Los Angeles Kings), along with a 2012 3rd round pick, to Saskatoon for the rights to prospects Tim McGauley (who had been Saskatoon's 1st round pick in 2010) and Ayrton Nikkel (who had been Saskatoon's 2nd round pick in 2010), plus Saskatoon's 1st round and 2nd round picks in 2011, their 1st round pick in 2012, and Saskatoon's 2012 1st round import pick.

To break down what happened with those picks...

• Brandon used the 2011 first round pick to select goaltender Jordan Papirny.
• Brandon used the 2011 second round pick to select forward Jayce Hawryluk.
• Brandon traded the 2012 first round pick to Victoria (along with Jordan Fransoo and Dakota Conroy) to acquire Kevin Sundher. (Victoria used the pick to select Chaz Reddekopp)
• Brandon traded the 2012 first round import pick to Edmonton (Edmonton used it to select Edgars Kulda) for a 2012 5th round bantam pick. Brandon then traded that 5th round pick to Everett for Geordie Maguire. 

McGauley, Papirny, and Hawryluk are on the Wheat Kings roster today. To further break down what happened to the others...

• Brandon traded Ayrton Nikkel to Everett for Nick Walters. They then later traded Walters, along with Taylor Cooper and the rights to Tanner Browne, to Lethbridge for Ryan Pilon and the rights to Colt Conrad. 
• Brandon traded Geordie Maguire to Regina in exchange for Regina agreeing not to use the 2nd overall pick in the 2013 bantam draft to select Nolan Patrick. Regina took Sam Steel at #2 and Brandon took Patrick at #4. 

So if you want to break down what Brandon has to show for Schenn today, it is:

• Tim McGauley (21 goals and 60 points in 68 games last year, will be 19 next year)
• Jayce Hawryluk (24 goals and 64 points in 59 games last year, will be 18 next year, likely NHL top-60 pick this year)
• Jordan Papirny (earned starting goaltender job last year at 17, .900 sv% in 46 games, will be starter next year and year after that most likely)
• A large part of Ryan Pilon since I don't think Taylor Cooper was a key to the deal for Lethbridge and Tanner Browne / Colt Conrad is a wash since neither is in the WHL and neither are committed to the WHL yet either.
• Some part of Nolan Patrick being a Wheat King. If they hadn't gotten Patrick then they'd still have Maguire and likely Steel instead, so I'm not sure how big this is. Depends how Patrick vs Steel perform in their careers I guess.

You also have to factor in the performance they got from Nikkel, Walters, Sundher, and Maguire during their time with the Wheat Kings.

Saskatoon and Schenn, meanwhile, were swept in the 2nd round of the 2011 playoffs. That ended Schenn's time in the WHL.