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Originally Posted by Textcritic
This bears repeating because so far it has gone unaddressed. For those who feel that the Jankowski pick was bad based on the fact that he is surrounded by draft peers who are playing in the NHL this year, why should we care?
When the pick was made, almost all of us recognised that this team was in no position to be competitive again for at least three years, and possibly as many as five or six. Jankowski's long-term developmental track matches the timeline, so why the angst about players who are seeing some success still several years premature?
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Well some of us fans may have had that opinion but it wasn't the goal for Feaster and co. We had just let the main problem Brent go and we still had Iginla and Bowmeester to take another run at the playoffs. We could have used some quicker help, at least according to Feaster who was considering trading that pick for immediate help. That they did a 180 when nothing had changed their teams outlook, made no sense.
The only way this pick would make sense is if a team said lets let one simmer in the oven for a while because we have all these other great picks ready for the show. We didn't and don't.