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Originally Posted by devo22
typical case of glass half full vs glass half empty.
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Or is it just tempering expectations based on past events? It doesn't take a lot to reach way back into the archives and pull up clippings about how Dan Tkachuk was going to be the next Steve Yzerman or Oleg Saprykin was going to be the next Alexander Mogilny or Rico Fata was going to be the next Rico Fata (Rico is so legendary that he was comared to himself before he was drafted). Every draft these kids get compared to hall of fame players and have to live that down for the rest of their lives. I just don't think that is fair.
I think the best thing the Flames have done in years is to draft Jankowski. Completely off the board and the fans had absolutely no comparisons to hang around this kid's neck. He was just a draft pick that we had to judge based on his talent. He can develop as he needs to and no one should be disappointed because there are so little expectations on him. But now we're going to draft some poor schmuck that is going to have the weight of a hall of famer and the expectations of a franchise on his back from day one. It isn't fair to the player and it certainly isn't fair to fans. Just floating that out there.