Its a stupid analogy. Schaller was not signed to be a fill in guy, he was signed to be a regular and was certainly used as such this year considering he played 51 of 59 games. It is impossible to prove whether Green would have used him if everyone was healthy.
Sure he wasn't signed to be a filler but his performance made him a filler.
Petey Miller Horvat Boeser Pearson Virtanen Leivo Ferland Beagle Sutter Motte Rousell. These 12 guys was never ever a healthy scratched before aside from a few games that Virtanen was scratched earlier in his career, Gaudette from November was never a healthy scratched as well. Sure it's not 100% possible to prove if Schaller would still be used if everyone healthy. Most messages on this forum can't be proven 100% but we can gather some data. The data does 12 forwards was never a healthy scratched recently. That is a strong indication that Schaller would of been healthy scratched if everyone was healthy. That is 13 forwards ahead of Schaller.
My main issue yes I know Benning has not been a great GM but some people love to exaggerate to make Benning to look more bad that he really is.
You actually think Schaller has a chance to play ahead of Beagle Sutter Leivo Ferland if everyone healthy? The answer should be No.
If it makes you feel better. I can say this, Schaller is only nhl regular with the Canucks if there are few injuries