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Originally Posted by moon
Based on what exactly?
Monahan was just picked 6th in a supposed deep draft, Jankowski was picked 21st in a supposed average draft. Monahan is looked at as a virtual lock to be 1st line center on the WJHC team and Jankowski is a long shot to make the team.
I know many people have bought into the Jankowski is boom or bust so boom means he is going to be great if he hits but I haven't read a single reliable prospect report on him to indicate he has a higher ceiling or more skill than Monahan.
He certainly hasn't shown it to this point in their respective careers so what are you basing him having more skill and a higher upside than Monahan on?
Also do you honestly think if Jankowski was drafted by the Oilers/Canucks and Monahan was still a Flames prospect you would have the same view about them?
I am basing my ranking on Jankowski on my outlook that there is no way he has the same ceiling as Monahan let alone a higher ceiling. I think absolute best case scenario (baring crazy situation a la St. Louis where guy takes huge jump that nobody saw coming) Jankowski turns into decent 50 point 2nd line center. I think likely he turns into a guy that gets 20-40 games because of where he was picked and spends most of career in Euro leagues.
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What do you base your rankings on? How many times have you seen Jankowski play? I bet that can be counted on one finger, at the most, and that was probably a development scrimmage. You have no idea what type of player Jankowski is because you haven't seen him play, so how can you speak to what the guy projects as?
Anyone who watched him last season will tell you the difference between his early season performance and the player he was in the post-season was night and day. The kid grew leaps and bounds in every facet of his game. He's an exceptional talent with some developmental challenges, those being his weight and his experience with systems. He's putting on weight well enough and he's learning those systems. He played in the tightest defensive system in all of college hockey last year and acquitted himself quite well.
I seriously have no idea how you come to these incredible conclusions without ever seeing these youngsters play? A kid that is two months older than Monahan is a bust and Europe bound, even though there is nothing indicated anywhere that the player has not lived up to expectations. In fact, the kid has surpassed a lot of management's experience. I don't know what is with you? You chastise someone for being a Jankowski fan only because he was drafted by the Flames. I think the only reason you hate the kid is because he was drafted by the Flames. There has been nothing to come out that would make anyone sour on this kid. Even in redrafts he holds his position or rises. What is it, other than who drafted him, that you don't like. What aspect of his game have you seen that you can be critical of?