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Originally Posted by Vulcan
and you're ignoring his lack of physicality which is still a big problem. It might, there's that word again, get better as he gains muscle but so far no.
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When talking about prospects, I tend to say might. I am truly sorry if that offends you.
Jankowski's physicality is okay, and no I'm not ignoring it. You know I've mentioned it the past. He doesn't initiate nearly as much as I'd like. Part of it is not yet knowing how big or strong he is yet I believe. I think once he gets confidence in that style he'll play much better. He might, there is that word again!
His two-way game is far ahead of where I, or most, thought it would be after only two College seasons however, that's a big thing. After jumping from Canadian High School hockey I thought it would be longer to be a viable defensive two way player, he's done it now. He's also a guy the coach leans heavily on in key situations. He consistently gets key draws for his team and as a 19 year old, was a positive in the faceoff dot, another big positive. I like the fact that despite "only" getting 13 goals (almost doubling the previous year, improvement) a good portion of those goals were big ones. Game tiers or game winners. Key guy in key situations at 19.