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Originally Posted by druetetective
I used to think the Flames should go worth the 2nd but the kid really impressed me during the ncaa tourney. If I had to pick now I'd take janko. A lot of you guys are out to lunch on the value of a 2nd round pick though. There's 5-20 guys from most draft years I'd take over Jankowski, I agree he has a pretty high floor but he can still busy outright . Some posters are acting like he's a sure thing for the bottom 6 in a couple years..
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Well the evidence is there to support a claim that Jankowski is on track for a solid role on the Flames. In my mind if Jankowski was going to be a bust he'd have been a ghost in the frozen four and not show any improvement over his three years. None of which is true. His development curve is long, and we're just starting to see things come to fruition. Which is a far ways off from bust territory.
And I don't think next year is do or die for him either. As it's been well documented by both sides of the argument in this thread the last couple of days that Providence is tracking a bit downward. If Jankowski has no one to pass to of any value or worth, he is going to be hard pressed to produce much offensively. As long as he keeps being a dominant force in the faceoff circle and round out his 200 ft game he'll be fine.