Brayden Schenn met with Mathieu Darche and Patrick Roy before waiving his NTC for the NY Islanders

The NY Islanders are in the midst of their annual California road trip, concluding the trip to the Golden State tomorrow night when they take on the San Jose Sharks.

The Islanders brass, including GM Mathieu Darche, spent deadline day in San Jose, as the team just so happened to be staying in the same hotel as the St. Louis Blues, who are in town to take on the Sharks tonight.

Schenn met with Roy and Darche in the team hotel

Once Darche and Blues GM Jim Montgomery agreed to the terms of a deal sending Brayden Schenn to the Islanders, there was still the hurdle of having Schenn waive his no-trade clause.

With the stars aligning as the two teams were in the hotel, Schenn was able to meet with both Darche and Roy before waiving his NTC and finalizing the trade.

“It’s been kind of a crazy morning,” Schenn told the TSN panel. “I heard of it, they (the Blues) gave an hour, hour and a half notice, then I kind of talked to family and friends, then got to meet Patrick Roy and Mathieu Darche. So I met them on a different floor, kind of went back and forth, then got asked to waive (his NTC).”

Now that Schenn is the newest member of the Islanders, not only won’t he need to get on a plane to meet his own team, he won’t even need to change hotel rooms.

Once the Islanders finish their California trip, they wrap up their four-game road trip in St. Louis on Tuesday, where Schenn will face his former team three days after being traded.