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Calgary did not have the luxury to roll the dice on a long term project given our position at the time.
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Actually, Calgary was in the perfect position to take a risk at a long term project. They were in no position to draft a player that could step into the NHL immediately and they were staring a rebuild in the face. There was no one at their draft position they were confident would be able to step into the league and help the team, no matter how much hindsight you care to try and use. The wise play was to take the player with the greatest potential at the highest impact position. Considering we've been looking for a big talented center for two decades, Jankowski was a good gamble. 2016 or 2017 appears to be our time frame for the Flames to be somewhat competitive again, which just happens to coincide with when Jankowski should be ready for the league.
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But unless he truly ends up as "the best player in the draft" this is STILL a bad decision because taking a high risk to get normal results is a bad decision.
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Best player in the draft is now "normal results?" Jesus, no wonder you've got no perspective on this issue. You have unreasonable expectations of what type of players are available outside the top 10, let alone at when the Flames picked. How many guys drafted after Jankowski are playing in the NHL with any regularity? One. Maatta. How many players drafted before Jankowski, outside of the top 10, are playing with any regularity and looking like they belong? Hertl? Hell, even if you include the top 10, what does the list of players from this draft that are contributing and looking like they belong look like? Murray, Galchenyuk, Reilly and Lindholm? The number one over all pick hasn't looked like he's a NHL player for crying out loud. But the Flames were supposed to get a guy, the best player in the draft, at their mid round pick without any development time. Like I said, unreasonable.
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And there is NOTHING in Jankowski's game to suggest he is going to be a high end player in the NHL.
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Says who? You?
Jankowski is a good prospect with a great skill set. We'll see how he develops, but at the pace he has been going it is looking good. He's doing everything asked for by the Flames and the coaching staff of the team he plays for. So all the basement bloggers will have to just suck it up and accept the fact that he's progressing well and still displays those skills that made him a draft pick sought after by multiple teams in the first round.