Sorry Buffalo Sabres fans, Winnipeg Jets fans have Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn schadenfreude

Germans have great words for “phenomena”—words that sound like onomatopoeia, are virtually impossible to pronounce, and somehow capture a feeling the English language can’t. Don’t believe me? Here are a few of my favorites:

1. “Backpfeifengesicht” — literally, “a face that’s asking for a slap.”
Use in a sentence (possibly libellous): “The Tkachuk brothers both have backpfeifengesicht.”

2. “Kummerspeck” — “grief bacon”; weight gained from emotional eating.
Use in a sentence: “I lament my kummerspeck resulting from the Winnipeg Jets’ 2025–26 season.”

3. “Torschlusspanik” — “door-closing panic”; the fear of missed opportunities as time feels like it’s running out.
Use in a sentence: “I have torschlusspanik over the Winnipeg Jets.”

You get it. My current favourite German word is more widely known: schadenfreude—the pleasure in someone else’s misfortune.

Why? On March 6, 2026, the Winnipeg Jets traded Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn to the Buffalo Sabres.

I wrote here about why Logan Stanley needed to go. I didn’t bother writing a similar article about Luke Schenn because, quite honestly, I didn’t think there was much of a market for his services.

It has been two games (the smallest of sample sizes), but seeing the reaction from Buffalo Sabres fans brought out a side of me I hoped had been retired with age.

To be clear, I believe both Logan Stanley and Luke Schenn to be hard-working, upstanding denizens of the NHL. The issue is that neither is particularly good at playing hockey.

Buffalo fans—by all accounts a knowledgeable bunch—immediately picked up on this:

I'll save you the time - 78 percent voted "Never want to see again"

These game scores are not great, and I'm afraid, very common.

My timeline is littered with similar posts—most of them not appropriate for this venue—excoriating Stanley and Schenn. My favorite:

Sabres fans, I apologize—not for the trade (that was great), but for the schadenfreude I’m feeling, which is a petty and immature reaction. Take solace in the fact that you’re playoff-bound and have a young, dynamic team. And please excuse Winnipeg Jets fans for deriving pleasure wherever we can.