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Originally Posted by nik-
Oh definitely it's just crazy speculation, which is all we truly can do with in comes to their decisions.
But I mean this kid who could help us is sitting there, and they pass on him to trade down to take some kid from a bush league. The odd part is for a team focused on "now" they take a player who's so far from "now" it's not even funny. To me it's always come across as they think they see something that how many other scouts just didn't? Everyone in the NHL is pretty smart at their job, the scouts know hockey. The days of finding some kid in Sweden that no one knew about in these days of youtube and twitter? ... unlikely.
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First - how was Teravainen going to "help us" any more that Jankowski. The guy is a couple years away from the NHL.
Second - Jankowski was well known heading into the draft. He wasn't as much of a reach as some made him out to be. He went right around where many projected he would
Your entire perception of this pick and how it went down is really off the mark.