LW Hunter Shinkaruk (2013, 24th, VAN; 2016 traded, CGY)

[CanucksSayEh]

Having multiple good winger prospects is stupid. Glad we traded Shinkaruk..

 

[jdatb]

Having multiple good winger prospects is stupid. Glad we traded Shinkaruk..

Exactly. I mean wingers are so useless might as well trade them all for 4C's while they have some value.

 

[Eternalize]

Who said he is supposed to be a better goal scorer? I'm pretty sure all I have heard from Benning is that he is a better two way player.


I posted this in Shinkaruk's first goal thread as well... ;

Another small skilled winger. You guys can have him.

What's with all the Benning hatred? He gave up on some 175 pound puck hog who can't win a board battle or play defense.
A couple points in a couple games during garbage time. Plan the parade

Baertschi made Shinkaruk expendable, we had to move on, the deal was made. Get over it. Calgary wants to try to win 4 playoff rounds with their top two LW's combing for a weight of 340 pounds? Be my guest, good luck with that.

Yeah cuz what this team needs are definitely more bottom 6 players. Or should i say, more unproven bottom 6 players, since Granlund isn't really much more proven than Shinkaruk. He was drafted 2 years earlier than Shinkaruk and Shinkaruk missed a whole year because of an injury.

It's not like we're the worst team in the league in goals scored right now. It's not like we needed a winger that can score and put up points more than we needed a bottom 6 player. Our top6 is GREAT!



Shinkaruk was NEVER given a fair shot in the NHL, even though we've been struggling with scoring goals for months. ONE single player on our team made him expandable? OK!

As far as value goes, Shinkaruk was one of our most valuable prospects, and we gave him up for a guy with a ****ing bottom 6 ceiling. It truly is mind boggling, if you're gonna trade a guy like that, at least trade him for something we actually NEED, like say a defenceman that Benning has been talking about for 2 years. Benning hasn't won a single trade as far as giving up less value for more, that would be the Etem trade if any, too bad that he's also struggling with putting up points. People will mention the Baertschi trade, and honestly, i like that one myself and always did. But fact is, no other GM were willing to give up a 2nd for Baertschi, Benning was the only one who would. So take that for what it's worth.

 

[The Winter Soldier]

A talented and skilled player. Whoever said skill always shines through in the end. Shinkaruk may be the acid test for this statement. If all it took was just skill to play this game, he would have that covered. But we know this is not always the case in varying degrees.

 

[M2Beezy]

Celebrated after his goal in an already out of reach game. Tells you pretty much all you need to know about Shinkaruk. Cares about himself far more than the team, Canucks won that trade big time.

This gotta be the worse post ive read on this forum it was his FIRST nhl goal of course is happy! Just like all his teammates for him too! I said from the day i joined this forum about Shincky the Canucks got a GEM and since Benning took power here knew he was gonna do the dummest thing ever to trade Shincky and look it happend traded him for nothing and now when given the proper chance hes a PPG player. Soso angry with Benning theres no way Canucks win this trade

 

[Epimetheus]

Go get them Shink.Loved the guy but Jimbo loves waiver eligibility.

 

[Flames Draft Watcher]

He gave up on some 175 pound puck hog who can't win a board battle or play defense.

Short sample size but he's shown a lot more grit in board battles than either Granlund or Baertschi. And he has superior speed and elusiveness to those two as well. Use whatever narrative you need to make yourself feel better about the trade I guess.

 

[kooner91]

Short sample size but he's shown a lot more grit in board battles than either Granlund or Baertschi. And he has superior speed and elusiveness to those two as well. Use whatever narrative you need to make yourself feel better about the trade I guess.

Please ignore these hypocritical Canucks fans.

Happy for Shink getting his first nhl goal, he has all the potential to be a top 6 offensive winger, too bad our GM value's ahl grinders more.

 

[M2Beezy]

Please ignore these hypocritical Canucks fans.

Happy for Shink getting his first nhl goal, he has all the potential to be a top 6 offensive winger, too bad our GM value's ahl grinders more.

Yeah but Granlunds not a Grinder hes some sort of 12th or 13th forward depth ungrinding guy who floats around. I really dont see his purpose

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

What was benning thinking

 

[Club]

My friend's brother played against this guy in peewee and the kid showed up for the tournament with gold skates. crazy

 

[Timo Time]

My friend's brother played against this guy in peewee and the kid showed up for the tournament with gold skates. crazy

Pretty sure those add +5 speed.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Pretty sure those add +5 speed.

It's not an R-P-Wee

 

[Nucker101]

What was benning thinking

Weisbrod has his ear, Weisbrod loves Granlund and Benning didn't like Shinkaruk..so here we are.

And the only defence people have is "well we got Baertschi!"

So apparently Benning apologists believe that we just owed them one after one of the very few decent trades Benning has made. lol....

 

[I am toxic]

This gotta be the worse post ive read on this forum it was his FIRST nhl goal of course is happy! Just like all his teammates for him too! I said from the day i joined this forum about Shincky the Canucks got a GEM and since Benning took power here knew he was gonna do the dummest thing ever to trade Shincky and look it happend traded him for nothing and now when given the proper chance hes a PPG player. Soso angry with Benning theres no way Canucks win this trade

I have not followed him closely, but BG has and if there is one constant it is Hunter's enthusiasm. It is a positive, not a negative.

 

[Mike Mike Caron]

Pretty sure those add +5 speed.

They also let you go unoticed in front of the net. Pretty neet if you can find those.

 

[King In The North]

Granlund is and will be a good NHL player and thought of by most Flames fans as more of a top 9 guy and short term top 6 player. Unfortunately he'll always be compared to Shinkaruk now

 

[Black Noise]

Granlund has actually been pretty fair for the Canucks...can play either centre or wing, and shows pretty good vision on the ice....Canucks are in decent shape for left-wingers, but you can never have too much centre depth....probably a deal that makes sense for both teams.

We really aren't though. Boeser and Virtanen are RW, all we have on LW is Baertschi and hopefully Rodin.

 

[Snakepit]

Nice goal tonight

 

[chunkylover53]

Kid has looked pretty good vs LA

 

[Love]

Love it. Every time he scores we inch closer and closer to the moment of Jim Benning's firing.

 

[Gstank]

Love it. Every time he scores we inch closer and closer to the moment of Jim Benning's firing.

Because the fan base gets to choose the GM and head coach right

 

[Calgareee]

He has looked good tonight. Surprisingly physical tonight.

 

[Love]

Because the fan base gets to choose the GM and head coach right

In a sense, yes they do.

 

[Love]

He has looked good tonight. Surprisingly physical tonight.

Him labelled as a soft player is a misconception.

The player I like to compare him to most is Brendan Gallagher, so that should give you an idea of how he can be a very tenacious player who is not at all afraid of going to the dirty areas to score.