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Originally Posted by SebC
NHL-equivalent PPG is a pretty good predictor of a prospect's ceiling, actually, and Jankowski's is not very good.
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Of course it isn't, but this is likely not because he does not project to be a very good player in the NHL. As a NCAA rookie and one of the youngest players in the entire league this past year, his NHL equivalency is going to be badly skewed and practically meaningless. It is really only applicable after his second or third year in college, especially for a prospect as raw as Jankowski was—don't forget that this is a player who entered a top-level development program at Providence for the first time in his entire life.
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Originally Posted by SebC
I don't care how much weight he gains - until he starts scoring, he's not a top prospect. He might someday become a top 3 prospect in the system, but today he isn't.
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I guess this all depends on how one defines a "top prospect". Is he presently a high-scoring player who projects to be a high-scoring player in the NHL? Is he a highly skilled player that projects to be a highly skilled player in the NHL? The metrics for determining the answers to these questions are considerably different, and in Jankowski's case, his skill-set is what observers are excited about.