[News] October 4 Practice

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Originally Posted by badradio

Haven't seen much of Shinkaruk this preseason, I wonder if he's nursing an injury or maybe the new coach coming from Vancouver has something to do with it. I hope not. I think coming to the Flames was a fresh start for Hunter, if he's given a chance I think he could be a dark horse.

That's a good point. Maybe Gulutzan wasn't impressed with Shinkaruk last season and it's spilling over to this season. I think it's time for the Flames to see what they have with Shinkaruk and give him a stretch of 20 games on the top 3 lines.

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Originally Posted by Flames Draft Watcher

It sounds like you may be underrating how much Gaudreau and Monahan could use a powerforward to maximize their effectiveness. Not all fans agree with me on that but I'm guessing a lot of Flames hockey coaches and management might agree with me there.

I want to ask if you know how much of a twat you sounded like in pretty much the entirety of your post, but specifically the end.

I'm guessing a lot of 'Flames hockey coaches' do agree with me because Shinkaruk has already FRIGGIN PLAYED ON THE TOP RW SPOT. He also played some RW in the AHL in order to prepare for playing on Calgary's top line. Who is the one being obtuse here?

Shinkaruk doesn't play a little mans game, so his size is irrelevant. Like I said I don't think anyone would object to Marchand on the top line. Of course it would be nice to have a skilled power forward, who has size, grit, tenacity, forechecking, backchecking, but we don't and can't afford to get one!

Brouwer is the closest match and we need to balance out our scoring lines. If Bennett doesn't get good line mates we're back to having 1 scoring line.

You claim to have watched Shinkaruk but know absolutely nothing about his build or skillset.