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Originally Posted by Hackey
Jankowski was a terrible pick considering the players that were still available with our original pick and even when we moved down. Also considering his ranking and the fact that he was playing high school hockey. Too much risk for a high pick on a team with basically no prospects at the time. I can live with the Sven pick because the draft wasn't all that good and I don't think there were any players available that really stood out ahead of him. Just unfortunately he didn't pan out. I wonder if we would have transitioned him a bit slower if it would have helped but almost seemed like Baertschi felt he deserved to be up here. Not sure if that was because of expectations management gave him or just his personality.
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Are you kidding me? Of the 180 players selected after Jankowski only 7 have played more than the max number to be still considered a rookie. Jankowski has potential to be a top six player and has the size, skill, skating ability and smarts to be an exceptional checking center, playing behind Bennett and Monahan. Get a grip man. He's still developing and developing well.