[Goodlad]

Originally Posted by nik-

Well I'm just going by what he said. He said they were going to trade the pick until Weisbrod told him about a guy he found.

Either way, it doesn't really matter.

Here's a link to the story

http://sports.nationalpost.com/2012/...f-first-round/

This past season, Flames director of scouting Tod Button saw Jankowski first. Liked him a lot.

Next up was Weisbrod.

In December, he happened to be in Quebec to see another prospect — who, because of injury, ended up not playing. That left Weisbrod with a gap in his schedule. Button told him to fill it with a trip up the highway to see Jankowski.

So Weisbrod pointed his rental car into a blizzard — and away he went.

Beyond the kid’s name, he knew little.

“I can tell you I was in a bad mood — I was driving two and a half hours through snow,” said Weisbrod. “But by the middle of the second period, I was laughing out loud by myself in my seat.

“I don’t want to share anyone’s business,” said Weisbrod, “but I know he wouldn’t have made it through [the first round]. I know at least two teams that would have taken him. We knew we had to take him [Friday] — it was just a matter of where.”