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Originally Posted by Calgary4LIfe

I am at a loss for words as to how to properly respond here.

http://www.thehockeynews.com/article...NHL-draft.html

At least 30 NHL scouts employed by all 30 teams disagree with you.

I believe that is based on potential not current skills. I still think he could develop into being better than a lot of guys in the 1st round but that as a player right now he is not as good as they are. I am not talking about his projection I am talking about him as a player right now.

Now, you really believe that Jankowski is absolute last in EVERY ASPECT OF HIS GAME as compared to his peers in the 1st round? Let me copy and paste your exact words again:

not a single aspect of his game is at the level of what an NHL projected player should be at or what his peers from the first round are at.

Again right now I do not think his ability is what an NHL projected player should be. He can develop to be at that level but as of right now I think he is behind most NHL projected players.

Am I interpreting this correctly? You think he is absolutely LAST in EVERY ASPECT of his game from all the players chosen in the first round that year? Can you clarify this if I am misunderstanding your post?

Not sure he is last in every category to every other guy just not at the current level of others in any area right now.

I do think you are misunderstanding what I am saying here.

There are players routinely drafted from the lower rounds that have certain aspects higher than almost any first round pick - but they usually have bigger, more glaring or more numerous holes which put them in the later rounds (Gaudreau was said to have had top 3 skills, but his size issues were a huge hole, Kabanov was thought to have had top 5 pick skills, but his perceived attitude issues pushed him down, etc., Heck, Keegan Kanzig probably ranked in the top 5 at least in terms of 'physicality').

Okay not sure what you are getting at here. It seems the big knock on Jankowski was that his overall game wasn't at the level of other players yet but that he had the potential to develop into a better player than he was at the draft. That is my point that right now he needs to develop in every area a lot more than others who were drafted in the first round.

However, you insist that Jankowski is absolutely the worst in every aspect of his game chosen from the first round? Difficult to take your posts seriously when you exaggerate like this.

I have never used the term last in every aspect. That is something you have thrown in and I am not sure why. I said below others that would be NHL projected at this stage in his career. I certainly haven't insisted it at all.