mossey3535
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You mean THEIR workout schedule? His own was pretty good as he hit the ice in Utica running and did not tire once. He was in tip top shape, was faster than the year before (finished second in the fastest skater comp. at the All-Star game and oh yeah was named to the AHL All-Star team), stronger on his skates (didn't get knocked down on every shift like the previous season, and scored at a very hot pace (highest goal scorer of his age and tied for 5th overall in the league). What a lousy result for such a poorly trained athlete.
Do all of the Canucks train in the same gym? I think not.
If they soured over this, they are even bigger idiots than I already take them to be.
BG thanks for leaving the friendly confines of the Utica thread. Great posts as usual.
I love how apologists for this trade just reflexively spout off whatever they can think of to try to prop up Benning's incompetence in this instance.
Nevermind that Hunter's trainer is also Crosby's trainer.
And also the trainer of: Nathan MacKinnon, Brad Marchand, Jason Spezza, Shawn Horcoff, Daniel Cleary, Andrew Bodnarchuk, Andrew Cogliano, Sam Gagner, Matt Duchene, James Sheppard, Hunter Shinkaruk, Andrew Gordon and Alex Grant. LINK LINK2
Look, this move is stupid.
Obtain Granlund in the summer for whatever round draft pick you want to get him for. Keep the trend going with those good trades he's done where he gets a former 1st for a 2nd. In this case you could see us getting Granlund for a 3rd if he kept that going.
Or get Granlund on waivers, which he was fated to be put on according to both Treliving and numerous CGY journalists.
If you can get a good return, I trade Shinkaruk everyday and twice on Sunday. It really is not about Shink. It is about being a competent GM and understanding organizational control and how that gives you leverage against other organizations or gives you cost certainty and flexibility with players you have.
But what we did was trade Shinkaruk for an asset who might have been gotten for free or minimal cost.