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Originally Posted by Tinordi
If you believe junior stats are a big predictor of future success then Jankowski absolutely has to explode in production this year if he's to approach his ceiling.
Last year, sure there were a bunch of factors working against him that the simple stats line wont catch like age and moving to a new league. But the NHL-E test will need to show significant improvement otherwise he'll be in bust territory. Hope he does it.
Here's a summary of Janko's season and projection moving forward:
http://flamesnation.ca/2013/5/8/flam...mark-jankowski |
Two quick comments.
Stats are a crap predictor of transitioning between leagues, especially when you get into upper leagues where systems are more relied upon and players are expected to play a certain way, which many times affects their personal stats. Jankowski played a defense first team, which reflected in his point totals. Also, he was a freshman in a league where seniors get the vast majority of ice time. Coming in 4th on his team and only six points off the scoring lead, in 4 less games played, is a pretty good accomplishment. Of course, stats don't tell you that part of the story.
Second point, What the hell does Kent Wilson know about anything? There are a tonne of holes in everything he writes. So bad that I sometimes wonder if he thinks before he writes his stuff. This post is a perfect example of why I stopped reading and following FlamesNation. Complete tripe.