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Originally Posted by JayP
The problem is that people confuse high risk/high reward with him having a strong chance of being an elite #1 centre or he's a complete bust who never plays in the AHL. He could just as easily be a 3rd/4th line guy. Just because a guy like Gaunce (for example) doesn't have the scouting report that says he can be an elite player doesn't mean it's not a possibility. Guys drafted with "only" good, but not great upside can and do develop into stars too.
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Of course there is. The percentage might be something like 1 to 2% about 7th rounders who have long careers in the NHL, but it can happen. Anything can happen when dealing with kids this young. I think it shows you how big of a crapshoot the draft really is and trying to predict how players this young will play out in the future is something that should always be taken with a grain of salt and anyone drawing conclusions without even watching this kid and right away after the draft, are ludicrous.
I think a lot of it has to do with physical traits of a player and his natural skills. I think there's a lot of things you can't see from a player that he can learn as a pro or have a higher hockey IQ. With a lot of these other players you get a pretty good grasp of how they are going to fill out physically, the type of skater they'll be and the type of shot they have. There's still so much room for Jankowski here because he's a clean slate almost. He's still such a project and we will get a much better read of what type of ceiling he really does have after another year or two.