THE FUTURE HAS ARRIVED
Schenn graced the cover of THN’s 2011 Future Watch as hockey’s top prospect. It took a while, but he’s now delivering on that promise
I WAS JUST TRYING TO GET BETTER. THERE WAS HYPE, BUT SOMETIMES IT’S TOUGH LIVING UP TO IT AS A 19- OR 20-YEAR-OLD KID – Brayden Schenn
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The future is now for Schenn, whose performance tchiaisriesse.a“sHoen’shbaesttmeratdheanthwehBatluwese woeluclodmheavbeeenveefin- hYeoop.e“dE,vteorybbeohdoyndeestvewloitphsyaotut,h”esiaridowBnlureastec,oancdh oMbivkieIoudsolyn’ytokunhoawvewshitautatwioennstaonnd rboelfeosre(o, nbuothwere’treeamresa)l. pfainlnluveykoaerslv.eeeaHddseot’ionsn wchboaehnviynseitgshhtaieismnwt,oloyfafuneilndndvsniio’tvtlevlcoeotodhnkrtiesinnalutsi,kecae.onWrtdihnei’Igrsdeciothshnanr’ntiolcslteesdae, to have him.”