It's pretty obvious to anyone with a brain in their heads that a guy who scores 19 goals and 32 points while sporting a $900,000 cap hit is an asset worth having for most teams. The Canucks would pretty obviously be able to trade him for a pick of some description, if they wanted to. Shinkaruk has no value at this point, hence his waiver.
But if your fandom requires never admitting that your team screwed up or never admitting that a rival did something right (even just modestly right; it's not like this was Jagr for Kris Beech) then, well, you do you I guess.
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