All your Schenns are belong to us

       I should have got to this yesterday, but I was too busy watching Jim Thome win the game for the Phillies before they returned to their typical losing form today.  JVR has officially joined Bobrovsky in the summer trades class of '12.  Forward James van Riemsdyk has been swapped straight up for defensemen Luke Schenn of the Toronto Maple Leafs.  It should come as no surprise that JVR got traded, he was always mentioned going into the offseason.  Now that the Flyers have Luke Schenn he can join his brother, Brayden.  Getting brothers on your team is all the rage in the NHL these days.
       This really isn't a huge steal for either teams.  JVR and Luke Schenn are one in the same: players with huge potential who really haven't lived up to it yet.  The added benefit the Flyers get though, is saving about $1 million in cap space and picking up a player who has not spent nearly as much time injured as JVR.
       It will be bittersweet to say goodbye to JVR, as he has local appeal, hailing from New Jersey.  Now that he's gone too the only Americans the Flyers really have on their main roster are Couturier and Carle (assuming he stays).  JVR tweeted this:

"Would like to thank everyone in Philly for the support over the past few years. Met a lot of great people and made some great memories. Very excited to start the next chapter in Toronto. Really looking forward to it."

       Good to see him handling it with class.  Best of luck, JVR.  Hopefully Schenn is the defensive answer we so desperately need.