WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY?! With that out of the way, WHYYYYYYYYYY?! The Vancouver Canucks traded Hunter Shinkaruk, perhaps the most natural goal scorer in the entire organization, to the rival Calgary Flames in return for Markus Granlund, a third-line centre.
In talks with our staff right after the move became public, it was clear that everyone was hoping there would be another trade in the making, that general manager Jim Benning had a master plan and was working his phone as we spoke. Unfortunately, that was not the case.
The Canucks had their official press release done already, which is something that normally does not happen until everything is set and done.