[Caged Great]

I was one of the people that really liked Janko before he was drafted. My rationale was that he previously was a skilled player like Gaudreau, but because of his size before the growth spurt, it was unlikely for him to get drafted. However, you take someone with the higher end skill set and put him in a 6-3 or 6-4 frame, and you could have a very very good player.

When I was 16, I was 5-6, and 6 months later I was 6-3, and it took me till I was 20 to not trip over myself constantly because it does throw off your center of balance. With my own experience, I knew that he'd likely take 3 years at least just to get used to himself and make all the adjustments necessary (like his weight which is still a bit low). From what I saw back in July was someone that was trying to utilize his body more in making plays and pushing on people and trying to become a physical player (Not a banger type, but not someone that gets pushed over). That isn't something that he likely would've been used to prior.

He is still a work in progress, and the verdict won't really start to come in till the end of next year, and not entirely until he's 23-24. However, you also have to factor in Sieloff in the equation as well and he looks like he'll become a solid 4/5 guy like Smid give or take.