Pretty crazy we traded Kerby Rychel for him last year and ended up hands down losing that deal. And Rychel's a pretty big bust too.
I mean we gifted Kulak and Byron for virtually nothing.
Pretty crazy we traded Kerby Rychel for him last year and ended up hands down losing that deal. And Rychel's a pretty big bust too.
Carolina’s revenge for offer sheeting Aho .
The narrative would shift to “Canucks can’t develop players”.If the trade had never been made would you still be excusing Shinkaruk's 'growth potential'?
Trying to continue with the hf narrative about Benning.You realize Benning didn’t draft Shinkaruk and traded him away for an actual NHL player, right? I’m not Benning’s biggest fan but anything to do with Shinkaruk isn’t a “Dim Jim” occasion.
There are Canucks fans on our board (which is a cesspit) who use dealing Shink for Granlund as evidence AGAINST Benning because based on what was known at the time (you know, to fans, not executives) they think he should have gotten more.
He was never as good as some people thought he was. If you look down the 2019 draft lists, there will be 7 of himWhat happened to this guy?
Being a GM is trying to improve the team piece by piece. Are you one of those radio callers who wonders why the Canucks don't just trade for McDavid? If you turn a 15 into a 23 you've done your job (in that specific transaction).Yeah getting Granlund was a steal. I hate to think where the Canucks would be if they didn't have Granlund righting the ship the last three years...
Because he wasn't an NHLer and I doubt you watch much AHL.Shinkaruk gave me less headaches/reasons to throw my remote, so.....
Charlotte needs to re-stock that team.
They lost a bunch of guys this summer (Poturalski, Saarela, Jurco, probably Necas, etc.)
Well his game was based on speed wide down the wall. The hip surgery really killed his overall game. He just never had the same jump to separate from competition.He was never as good as some people thought he was. If you look down the 2019 draft lists, there will be 7 of him
Hunter Shinkaruk had attitude problems.
Come on. I have no dog in this fight but if you trade a player who never made it for one who does, you WON the trade. Just about EVERY prospect with untapped potential FAILS TO MAKE IT, because they don't know HOW to tap it! For every late bloomer there are FIFTY who never bloom. It's like holding a stock you bought for 8 years, waiting for it to regain the price you bought it at. Meanwhile, there's something called Opportunity Cost, and it's just as valid in running a sports franchise as it is in running an investment portfolio.
We all would have been happy with whatever pick came our way, as I've said multiple times, Benning has done the opposite of stocking the cupboard. If you didnt like shinkaruk at the time he still had value as a recent first, we gave him up for a guy that in two straight deadlines was not coveted by anyone.No, that's NOT the WHOLE point. When the trade was made you didn't fully know whether a) Hunter was going to develop and b) Granlund would end up a 12th-13th forward (which I would suggest is a little harsh given he gave you 12 goals last year playing bottom 6 minutes). If the trade had never been made would you still be excusing Shinkaruk's 'growth potential'?
I always felt he had high bust potential. He was either gonna hit it big as a goal scorer in a top 6 somewhere or completely crash and burn.He was never as good as some people thought he was. If you look down the 2019 draft lists, there will be 7 of him
Canucks didn't qualify Granlund, Flames didn't qualify Rychel. Whole thing pretty much a wash.Pretty crazy we traded Kerby Rychel for him last year and ended up hands down losing that deal. And Rychel's a pretty big bust too.
This guy used to get up to like a 90 overall in NHL14 GM mode.
Markus Granlund was a second round pick himselfWe all would have been happy with whatever pick came our way, as I've said multiple times, Benning has done the opposite of stocking the cupboard. If you didnt like shinkaruk at the time he still had value as a recent first, we gave him up for a guy that in two straight deadlines was not coveted by anyone.
Okay, seeing as how the first few hundred times we mentioned this on our "cesspool" of a board (where you totally don't get laughed at) didn't stick, here it is once again:There are Canucks fans on our board (which is a cesspit) who use dealing Shink for Granlund as evidence AGAINST Benning because based on what was known at the time (you know, to fans, not executives) they think he should have gotten more.