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I never said anything about Shinkaruk not having value. Those are your words. What I took issue with is you thinking he is worth possibly a 2nd round pick. Goldobin stepped into the AHL and was a good player right away (something you criticized Shinkaruk for not doing). He was traded with essentially a 4th round pick for Hansen. People think that just because a player requires waivers the following season that they will have no value. That's not true at all.
Benning thought Linden Vey was worth a 2nd round pick.
Benning thought Sven Baertschi was worth a 2nd round pick.
Benning thought Markus Granlund was worth a 2nd round pick and traded an asset worth roughly a 2nd rounder for him.
Goldobin was also traded for roughly the value of a 2nd rounder. He'd had a better rookie AHL season (coming off a year playing against men while Shinkaruk was playing against kids and then suffered a serious injury) and then they were neck-and-neck in their 2nd AHL seasons.
I mean, shit. Andrey Pedan was apparently worth a 3rd rounder while he was playing in the ECHL in his draft+4.
Jim Benning gets ZERO benefit of the doubt when an asset appears to have been sold for less than value.