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Originally Posted by Wastedyouth
It amazes me how much effort some of you put into trying to convince yourselves that the Jankowski pick was worth it.
Amazing and amusing.
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As someone that has seen Janko live several times, and has watched him play several times, he is the Flames 4th best forward prospect behind only Gaudreau, Monahan and Poirier, on par with Sven (that's because he's regressed a bit)
At the prospect tourney in July, he and Monahan were not far off of one another. Monahan was better, but not by leaps and bounds. Considering they are a month apart or so age wise, that isn't bad.
People who only look at stats are not seeing the whole picture. The Friars play a very defensive style game, basically they are the Minnesota Wild from 6 or 7 years ago of the NCAA. That will limit the offensive totals of everyone. Additionally, the NCAA tends to favour older players vs young NHL picks in terms of ice time. Harrison didn't dress right away for his team because they preferred vets despite him being one of their only drafted guys. Someone on here was saying that Janko was getting 2nd unit PP time. That doesn't help the point totals either.
I have never watched someone that was 6-3 and can skate fast and play at a decent level at age 19 not make the NHL in some capacity. Janko's level of play is at more than a decent level and he is quick for his size. He will play. Whether his offensive abilities translate or not is yet to be determined, but to call him a complete bust is ignorant. He has just as much of a chance to be a top 6 player as any of Sven, Granlund, or Klimchuk, maybe more so because he's the only one that's over 6'.