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Originally Posted by edslunch
It wasn't meant to be an attack on him - he is progressing, and I respect the opinions of those who watch him closely. Still though, I think many posters here are underwhelmed - he's trending to Joel Otto not Joe Nieuwendyk - despite the efforts of you and others to put his performance into proper context. Hence my comment that many would like to see him at a PPG, at which points the question marks (valid or not) go away.
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I for one would be ecstatic if we were able to get a Joel Otto caliber player out of Jankowski. Every championship team has to have that player to win the big faceoffs and grind out those needed insurance goals.
For a later first round pick this would actually be quite the norm, no?
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Originally Posted by Bandwagon In Flames
This isn't the reason many people weren't happy with the pick. I wasn't happy when the pick was made and am still not confident he's a first round caliber player.
The reason I wasn't happy with the pick is that a rebuilding team picked a project player. The Flames needed to build it's prospect pool with players we could potentially see in the next couple years. Not a player that's projected to play 4 years of college, then hopefully become a top 6 centreman.
Thankfully the rebuild is still working out fine as we've drafted several diamonds in the rough in the later rounds.
That said, I'm still hoping Janko can make a splash in the NHL while he's Flames property.
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Actually at that point in time the flames were 5-6 years away from being a contender and IMHO in a perfect place to take a risky later round pick that could become a "Joe Nieuwendyk" player. I think at times this season kind of blurs the fact that we are still in a major rebuild and that we have some great pieces put in place but we are still a few years away from being a true Stanley Cup contender.
Be patient with Jankowski, I tend to forget we have a "high risk, high reward" prospect like him in the pipeline all the time. I think we often take this pipeline for granted as the cupboards were quite bare not too long ago.