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Originally Posted by ricardodw
Travel , proximity to friends and family...
Monahan, Bennett, Gaudreau, Colborne, Ferland, Granlund, Bouma , Shore, Jooris 9 established NHL forwards 25 and under who will have to clear waivers when Jankowski would sign with the Flames.... all except Bennett
Monahan, Bennett, Backlund, Stajan -- NHL level established centres.
Stajan will be the 4th line centre and has a contract that runs to 2018.
Maybe there will be trades or injuries or No signing of UFA's or Hudler/Jones/Bollig/.
The other constraint is the Flames have a deeper farm pool than ever... Poirier, Klimchuck, Smith, Arnold all being Blue chippers expected to get some NHL games who might be ahead of Jankowski in the 2016-17 training camp.
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If Jankowski feels he has no shot at making the Flames, then he should sign elsewhere. And if that's true, then the Flames don't need him.
As for travel, family, friends... show me where that was a deciding factor in any college draftee choosing not to sign and go elsewhere?