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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
Why are you speaking in certainties on matters we don't know about.
We have no idea if Burke would trade him or not for one of the players they passed on.
More importantly just because someone has a different opinion then yours doesn't mean you need to dismiss it as "drinking the koolaid". We have far more intelligent posters on the site - they don't just take one comment from a GM and base all their future posts on that one comment.
I think there are valid points to both sides of this argument so I don't know why people have to take such extreme view points.
It is pretty clear by your post you aren't taking much of an effort to read or understand what others are saying.
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It is a fair assumption that Burke would trade Jankowski for one of those players. Not only are many of these players much better prospects at this point in time, but Burke listed the draft record as part of the reason that Feaster was let go and it isn't much of a leap to get to Jankowski being the biggest mistake.
As for the Kool-Aid, arguing that Jankowski is a legitimate prospect at a position of need is a valid argument. Suggesting that having a big C with top 6 potential in the system is a valid argument. Suggesting there weren't any C's that fit that bill at the time that we drafted him is a valid argument. Suggesting that it was a shallow draft so drafting a project that fits a long term organizational need is a valid argument. Some posters have argued these things and, though I don't agree with all of them, they are all valid arguments.
But suggesting that we shouldn't be evaluating the Jankowski pick because he was a young high school kid when we drafted him 18 months ago, or suggesting that Jankowski somehow has a higher ceiling than the other first rounders, is silly. The only reason to think these things is because Feaster told us to.
I liked Jankowski at camp. I am hoping he turns into a great NHL player. I haven't written him off. But I think it is very clear he isn't doing as well as other players drafted around him and I don't think we should be ignoring that fact because of some stigma that Jankowski is special.