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Old 06-22-2012, 10:10 PM   #276
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Originally Posted by Notorious Honey Badger View Post
I guess the question becomes if you're going to go so far off the board why not go even further and try for more pics? It's easy to play armchair GM but this pick seems so far out of left field it's hard to imagine you couldn't have him in the 30's
Totally guessing here, but considering Jankowski's coach talking about the 25 NHL scouts per game, maybe the Flames realized this kid was a diamond in the rough and could likely go well before his early 40ish ranking?

Edit: And after reading Flames1987's post, is appears this was indeed the case.
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