In what could have been his rookie season last year, Los Angeles Kings‘ 1st round pick in the 2009 draft (#5 overall) Brayden Schenn(11) was on a bit of a roller coaster ride starting the season with the NHL team for 8 games before getting demoted to the AHL where he scored 4 goals, 3 assists in 7 contests and then ultimately sent back to his junior team in the Western Hockey League to play out the rest of 2010/2011.
He returned to the Manchester Monarchs to help them in the Calder Cup Playoffs after finishing up his final season in juniors.
In the offseason, he was dished by Los Angeles to Philadelphia Flyers as part of a deal that got the Kings Mike Richards.
It looks likely that he’ll crack the Flyers‘ lineup on opening night but he’ll have to produce with consistency to stay there or it could be a few car rides between Philly and Adirondack in 2011/2012.