I think Shinkaruk is really bad. Like could be crushing in the future. He could bust though, it's more of a trade where we gave away a pretty solid lottery ticket for nothing. Flawed understanding of risk/reward. Give up a player who could end up being an all-star, for a player who may not even be much better than Shinkaruk now, and is redundant, and waiver eligible.
That being said, I selected the Sbisa extension because it just shows he literally has no idea what he's doing or how to build a team.
Like even absolutely terrible player evaluation like the one that went on in the Shinkaruk/Granlund trade isn't as bad as thinking Sbisa is a 3.6 million dollar guy, especially in a cap world.
I didn't see the zero moves at the deadline, though. I'd probably put that above the Shinkaruk trade. Hamhuis not getting moved was bad enough, but not even taking offers on Hansen is absolutely criminal. He's possibly my favourite Canuck and I've been calling him one of the best 3rd liners in the league for years. As elite as a 3rd liner can be. But he had a great season last year and could have fetched us a fair bit at the deadline. Not only that, but while Hamhuis was excellent near the end of the season preventing us from tanking further, Hansen was lights out for several games and put us over the top in them with big goals. Absolutely crippling. Without Hamhuis and Hansen, I think we definitely fall, maybe even to 30th. Not making those moves cost us an excellent pick.
Still though. While the consequences of the Sbisa contract aren't too devastating, it just shows a complete lack of understanding of all things hockey and management. Truly terrible stuff.
that's exactly the problem i'm having.
