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Originally Posted by Tinordi
Because Jankowski is one of those young player routinely passed over for being younger. Gladwell's argument is that smart teams would recognize that discrepancy and look for younger players all else being equal. That's just what the Flames have done.
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I believe he was trying to show a causal relationship between two variables, birth month and future success, rather then advising on how to evalulate hockey players. Certainly if a player young in his age group was showing more progress then his older peers that would be a positive sign, but I dont think he was suggesting that NHL teams target promising players born in the later part of the year. To him it was more of a statistical analysis to predict who may or may not become a successful NHLer, most of all, later birth month players have to overcome much greater odds. By his studies Jankowski should be a dud.