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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Again, read the scouting reports. ALL of them. Scouts seem fairly unanimous that despite his lower level of competition, Jankowski possesses high-level NHL skills and potential.
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They obviously aren't that impressed with his skills and potential or the kid would have been ranked, and went higher then 21st overall. 2/3rds of NHL scouting teams passed him by.
I doubt its bias against the league as Kyle Turris for example who played at a lower level was still taken 3rd overall. Feaster claiming this kid could be the best player in the draft seems pretty far fetched.
Who knows, maybe I am just biased against these big reach picks as the Oilers have been trying for the homerun for years and it never worked out. I can't think of any examples on other teams where a big reach turned out amazing in the first round. Other teams have professional scouts too, and the rankings reflect where most professionals think players should go.
Time as always will tell, but if I were a Flames fan I would be disappointed with the hype generated around this selection by Feaster.