Brian Burke:
"...you can evaluate our drafts and see whether we did the best we could. Obviously I reached the conclusion we haven’t."
That's about as obvious as it gets without Burke actually screaming out "2012!!!".
14. Girgensons (CGY's pick)
15. Ceci
16. Wilson
17. Hertl
18. Teravainen
19. Vasilevski
20. Laughton
21. Jankowski
22. Maatta
When you look at Feaster's options (I strike out Vasilevski as I don't believe we'd take a goaltender in the 1st round), every player drafted between our original #14 pick and #22 is already playing NHL games, except for Teravainen, who just won Gold with Finland and was arguably the tournaments best player, and Jankowski, who some are still blaming his less than stellar numbers on a growth spurt (it's called puberty, and it happens to everyone).
So depressing.
Obviously I want Janko to succeed. But you can't ignore that it was an awful pick, and a fire-worthy move for Feaster to make given how weak our prospect pool was/is.
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