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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
By most accounts.. The guy who is ready to play in the NHL at 18 and 19 is going to be the better player long term. You've pulled a few exceptions, but I'm sure someone could pull a boat load of times where it's gone the other way.
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I'm still waiting to see this, because I am not convinced. Even if it is true "by most accounts", I also question that it is so by a substantial margin.
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Originally Posted by PeteMoss
I don't think anyone is calling him a bust or a franchise player... They are just calling him a bad value at where he was drafted.
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I understand that, and it still seems silly to me. "Bad value" suggests that we already know something about where these players will end up, which I think is premature. Furthermore, with regards to the notion that Jankowski provided better value as a second round selection, it bears repeating that he was likely not to last that long in the draft. Would it have made better sense for the Flames to pass on the player they targeted and wanted, and to take a risk that he would still be there when they next picked in the second round? This seems much more foolish to me. Jankowski was selected where he was selected because the Flames did not want to lose him to another team, and they likely had information that led them to believe that he would not make it out of the first round.