so because Krieder and Hayes had week sophomore years Jankowski is a pro in 2 years.
Does anyone think that Jankowski will be ready for the NHL playoffs after he goes pro at the end of his Junior season ( this season) like 6-3 230 lb Kreider?
Or are they hoping for the slower development pattern of Hayes so Jankowski can be a UFA and turned into a 2nd round pick #51 overall in the 2017 draft?
Right now ... other than looking at the 2 guys who appeared to be failures as sophomores (Hayes was injured) who had the huge jump in their 3rd year lets look how Jankowski compares with his contemporaries.
Last year of the drafted Sophomores Jankowski was #17 in ppg. Of all sophomores he was #46
In answer to the immediate push back but Mark is a baby, he is a very young Sophomore:
Lets drop him and his .64 ppg into the freshman class. He moves up to #11 of drafted players and #33 overall. Of the 33 freshman with better scoring years than Jankowski there are 6 with 1994 birthdays and 2 with 1995 birthdays..... some are younger than Mark was in his Freshman year and most would be a young as Mark is now.
Jankowski is a long shot to play any NHL games with the Flames.... Him being ranked so high is a result of him being a high draft pick. If he was picked in the 4th round like Bill Arnold who had 36 pts in 42 games as a sophomore he would be properly rated as someone who could might, if the cards break properly play some games in the NHL.
If he has a development spurt he might end up with a NCCA year as good as Agostino, Knight, Arnold or Hanowski.
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