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Originally Posted by Geeoff
One thing that tempers my excitement is the fact the Canucks have been actively trying to trade Shinkaruk for a year.
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Yeah but there are factors we have to consider here. Both teams have new management teams - it's actually been a while since Feaster/Weisbrod and Gillis/Gilman were fired. Shinkaruk was a pick of the old regime ... and now Weisbrod is their AGM. Weisbrod and co apparently didn't fancy Shinkaruk back then (IIRC they only invited Monahan, Poirier, Klimchuk and Petan to Calgary pre-draft) - if he's as influential there as he was in Calgary, it's conceivable that they've listened to him and tried to move Shinkaruk as a result. Also they traded for Baertschi, who was a Feaster pick (Weisbrod was still at Boston at the 2011 draft, but he surely seemed to like Sven as a prospect) ... if they thought it was either Sven or Shinkaruk and if Weisbrod was involved, it's not that surprising.
Also someone has already mentioned Washington giving up on Forsberg ... sometimes teams screw up when it comes to prospect evaluation. Let's hope Vancouver screwed up here.