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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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To say that his uncle being part of the selection committee had nothing to do with his inclusion is a little naive. A lot of hockey is politics. Who you know not what you know (or how good you are). He is a first round pick so that makes it easy for his uncle to include him. I am sure there are tons of guys with similar skill sets and development that Hockey Canada doesn't even think about.
He has earned this invite as much as the other guys on the list, but I am sure he didn't have to earn it as much lots of guys who didn't make the list would have had to.