I got more to give…
MONTREAL — After scoring in both of the video games main up to Saturday’s match against the Canadiens, you’d assume Brayden Schenn can be feeling fairly good about his degree of play two weeks into being an Islander.
And you’d assume flawed.
“I still feel I got more to give,” Schenn told The Post on Saturday morning. “I feel I got better day to day. There’s moments and spurts but as a whole, I still feel I can elevate my game and [I’m] gonna have to down the stretch.”
Brayden Schenn skates against the Los Angeles Kings on March 13, 2026 at UBS Arena. Getty Images
Give Schenn, a Stanley Cup winner with in depth playoff expertise, credit for not settling.
Give him more credit for the fact that it’s a sensible evaluation.
He was sporting a 31.04 anticipated targets share over the last two video games before Saturday and just a 29.92 % mark over his first six as an Islander.
Just like the 2 targets in two video games aren’t as good as they give the impression of being, that’s not as unhealthy as it seems to be either.
Six video games is a meaningless pattern measurement, there’s always an adjustment period for deadline acquisitions, and Schenn is still getting his sea legs under him amid a road-heavy schedule and linemates that modified Saturday for the third time already.
Coach Patrick Roy had only reward for the new man on Saturday, and Schenn actually endeared himself by dropping gloves with Ottawa’s Ridley Greig two nights prior in his first combat as an Islander.
“He seems to be very comfortable with the structure of the team,” Roy said. “Think about it, a team you’ve been there for 10 years and structure’s probably a little bit different and going into new teammates, so finding his place on the team. And I think confidence is getting there.”
System-wise, Schenn said the adjustment isn’t too troublesome — at the end of the day, most gamers have performed in most systems.
It has more to do with building chemistry with different teammates and getting snug in a different atmosphere than one in which he’s been steeped for a decade.
“It’s starting to, more,” Schenn said, requested if it feels regular yet to be an Islander. “I don’t think you sit back and breathe and take it all in when you’re in the heat of a playoff race. There’s times to relax and there’s times to get ready for the next game and right now we’re playing a ton of hockey. But definitely day by day, just feeling more normal and getting in the rhythm of everything and getting to feel a part of the team, for sure.”
Brayden Schenn exchanges pleasantries with Senators heart Ridly Greig on March 19, 2026. Imagn Images
That piece of it, feeling like half of the crew, isn’t even about being on the ice. It’s about getting to know people.
“It’s good being on the road,” Schenn said, though like everybody else, he’ll be grateful for the fact that there are just two away video games left after Saturday. “You’re around guys more, you get to see them more, you understand personalities more and what makes this group click. It’s an easygoing group that’s fun to be a part of.”
All that said, and all grace given to the truth that it takes time to alter, there’s a playoff race to fear about.
That’s why the Islanders introduced in Schenn, after all. And he is aware of as properly as anybody what’s anticipated as the season reaches its most important level.
“You have to contribute offensively and help on the power play,” Schenn said. “At the same time, I still feel I can be more physical and bring more of an edge with the physicality part of the game and create room for my linemates.”
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