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Originally Posted by Da_Chief
But Jankowski hasn't busted. Hindsight is 20/20, these guys (TT, Matta etc.) today could've just been bad players, would that make Jankowski a good pick then?
We haven't lost anything till Jankowski busts so I don't know why people are already declaring it as a bust.
These same people are probably declaring Poirer a homerun pick cuz Shinkaruk is struggling.
Let these prospects develop and at least play out their junior careers before saying who's a bust or who's a boom.
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The glaring problem with the whole Janko situation is that he is probably 4-5 years away from really contributing at the NHL level (if development goes great and he progresses at a pretty substantial level). That's a long time, and while we may be in a rebuild, I'd wager that most fans hope the Flames are a contender by then, but everyone CERTAINLY expects them to be in the playoffs by then.
I think the most frustrating part of that pick is it doesn't help our rebuild. Janko is likely coming in at the tail end when the Flames are already a year or two into the upswing.
I'm of the mind that he could very easily be a fantastic pick, but I'm still 'meh' on it in general. I'm certainly not going to hassle people for not liking the pick or showing their frustrations with it though, it's entirely understandable.
I mean, let's look at it this way: He is currently well under half as productive as Gaudreau, while being just 1 year younger and in a much more 'NHL size' frame. A lot of people think Gaudreau is going to play, but there are a ton of questions on how effective he will be. Take a guy half as productive, and tell the fans he's going to be an all-star and the best of his draft class, and watch the reaction.