Somehow, the Calgary Flames traded Markus Granlund for Hunter Shinkaruk. They traded an older kid who looked to have about reached his potential for a younger prospect with a higher ceiling. And that was it; it was just a one-for-one swap.
That was back in February. It's September. I still don't get it.
The hometown forward is a Flame now, though. He's only played eight NHL games so far, but we're pretty hopeful for him.
A brief history
Shinkaruk is 21 years old. He's one day younger than Sean Monahan, in fact, so the sooner they're on the same team full time, the sooner they can have joint birthday parties or whatever.