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Originally Posted by Hack&Lube
I never figured out exactly what Feaster's logic was in going off the board with Jankowski.
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I kind of get it. Gotta remember at that point his mandate was still "win now" and #1 centers just aren't to be had in free agency and tend to cost a ton in trade (if they're can be had at all). The Flames didn't like anyone left at their draft position and they had Sven/Brodie and not much else in the futures cupboard but they saw this tall kid with a projectable body and soft hands who plays center... If you dream on him you can see the Joe Thornton package. So he took a shot at getting someone who if it all came together could be a star.
I thought it was a risky but defensible move at the time. In retrospect we should have taken Maata but hindsight as they say is 20-20.