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Originally Posted by Vulcan
A lot of them, especially the defencemen haven't established themselves yet but I'd say Reinhart, Dumba, Pouliot are still looked on as fine picks. Many have already played NHL games. Weisbrod was going to trade our pick until he saw Jankowski because he thought it was a weak draft. In my opinion he was wrong. I'd have been happy with Girgensons, Ceci, Wilson, Hertl, Teravainen, Maatta, Subban to name a few.
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How could he be wrong if you don't know what they were considering trading the pick for? Turris was an oft mentioned name and would've helped at centre quite a bit at the time.
It does look like a below average draft year overall. I'm still fine with the Jankowski pick and yes, it is still early early to write him off. I mean seriously people, he was a long term project when we picked him. He likely won't be NHL ready for another 3 years. Doesn't mean he won't turn into something useful.