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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe
Oh come on!! Jankowski is a good prospect with size. You are doing a huge disservice to him by implying his uncle got him on the team.
This isn't midget hockey where your dad puts you on the team. This is the World Junior Championships. Darn right insulting of a post.
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He is a kid that most Flames fans (and even the Flames) will admit is more of a 2-3 years away kid than 1-2 years so may not be at the level that many of the other kids are at now.
He also is at a smaller NCAA school that had a mediocre season and was a late first rounder.
The point wasn't that his uncle got him on the team (don't think that kind of crap happens at the WJHC level) but that he is a guy that could have fallen through the cracks and having a guy that knows a lot about him makes sense as to why he may have been brought up in the conversation as opposed to being passed over in such a tight competition with so many deserving guys.
I think he is on the team because the team canada staff think he is good enough not his because his uncle is the Head Scout. Just makes more sense to me that they looked at him.