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Originally Posted by Husky
Who cares if a player has already played in the NHL from that draft. A guy like Girgensons played in the AHL 1 year and now NHL, stats wise he hasn't done anything to warrant being in the NHL nor was he an offensive force in the AHL. Its not about being first to the NHL, its about being successful and being an impact player once you are in the NHL. If it takes Jankowski 4-5 years post draft to make the NHL who cares...the Flames are rebuilding and need to develop their prospects versus icing a team of 19/20 year olds. The only prospects making an impact at an early age are Hertl, Matta and somewhat Ceci. All guys in their draft years had knocks on them. I remember reading on countless reports that Matta had red flags on his hockey sense. Ceci really broke out the year after being drafted. For Hertl there were a few reports saying his skating was his weakness.
I love how everyone is a "super scount" a couple years after a draft and says they should have taken x player when they truly had no idea who that player even was a few years ago.
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To reiterate this, it is interesting to look back at the poll done before the draft:
http://forum.calgarypuck.com/showthread.php?t=117845
The number one choice was Sebastien Collberg - who would end up going in the 2nd round. He's an OK prospect but a lot of bust potential - certainly no better than Janko at this point.
To be fair, a lot of the folks arguing for Maata (e.g. Vulcan) said the Flames should pick him in this poll - so it isn't entirely 20/20 hindsight.
Moreover, as much as some people argue Janko was a huge reach, he was on the radar enough that CP included him in the poll, even when the poll was based on the Flames original draft position.