Melvin
21/12/05
You're talking him up like he had actual value. It's pretty clear both from the trade and his subsequent play that this is a false assumption. Even if you hate Benning's trades, and I know I loathe a few of them, you have to admit that he'sd have held on to Shinkaruk for dear life or asked for way too much in a trade if he thought he was a legit player. As much as we may question the players he targets Benning has only ever traded away pieces he was done with while letting everybody else walk.
This is circular reasoning and creates an unfalsifiable argument. If Benning trades Kole Lind for waiver wire junk right now it would be a bad trade even though Lind is probably 75%+ likely to bust. Lind busting doesn't mean anything because it's always the most likely scenario with a prospect. I didn't care about Shink and think Benning had the right idea to be shopping him.
Moreover, I am not interested in discussing that trade again. As I said. Why we keep having to compare Shinkaruk to Granlund misses the point entirely. My point is that if we swapped Granlund for Rychel right now we would lose absolutely nothing of value so "gaining" him in the first place was not anything that matters. I would actually prefer the younger worthless player who might just maybe break out after a change in scenery (who knows?)