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Originally Posted by flames_fan_down_under
Trading Granlund and Baertschi to division rival Canucks for Shinkaruk and a 2nd rounder. The Baertschi trade is starting to look like a stinker. I know I know he demanded a trade and he was looking pretty unmotivated but there isn't a lot to like about seeing a former top pick, on a division rival, second on his team in goals, and you don't even have a roster player in return. Granlund has 12 goals on the Nucks. Shinkaruk is not looking very good in the AHL.
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See the thing I don't get about this part of your analysis is that you're building baertschi and granlund up to be these big mistakes.. Yes.. they have combined for 25 goals this year - on one of the weakest teams in the league.
you can't honestly say that if we kept these two that they would be producing at the same level behind gaudreau, monahan, bouwer, backlund, frolik, tkachuk, versteeg, or bennett. We wouldn't play them over any of these guys - so at best they would be getting 3rd line time on the flames. Vancouver is giving them top line minutes, and they're still not producing as top 6 forwards.
Further, I'd argue by his statline, shinkaruk is having a pretty good year in the AHL (21 games, 17 points, +5). By no means is he a lock for the big league - but honestly, on a decent team, neither are baertschi or granlund.