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Originally Posted by kipperfan
But would a Maatta or a Ceci really be able to help the team in the next 1-2 years? Personally I would say no, and to me that validates picking a high risk/high reward guy like Jankowski all the more.
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I'd say so. The Flames are down to scraps on D and could desperately use a big, mobile defenceman that can play at both ends of the ice. At the very least they're NHL players well before Jankowski is.
You have to take risks in the draft I just don't think this was the time to do it.