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Originally Posted by New Era
See, there is the biggest problem in this thread. Teravainen is NOT starring in the finals. He has been almost invisible the entire playoffs, while playing with damn good talent. He scores a seeing eye shot from a bad shooting lane, and gets a phantom assist on the give away, and all of a sudden he's a star player responsible for carrying the Hawks to the finals. That last statement is not hyperbole either. When someone has the balls to say that player X is the star of the team that means they are the guy carrying the club on his back. Teravainen has barely been able to carry his own jock since coming to North America, but now he's a star. His contribution has been grossly overblown. He was expected to be a scorer and he isn't doing any of that. Not at the AHL level, and not at the NHL level. A long range shot the goaltender has yet to see, thanks to the hard work in the dirty areas by his line mates, doesn't impress.
On the other side of the discussion you have a guy whose contribution is being measured by his point production, when he is cast in a role where he is not expected to score. Jankowski does everything that his coaches ask him to do and is successful at it. The guy makes the tournament all star team after being the go-to defensive guy who just happened to score some really big goals along the way. Character guy with a lot of good things working in his advantage, including skill and size, a combination this team has been lacking for a long time.
The most important thing to realize is the draft is not about selecting the guy that gets to the NHL the fastest, it's selecting the guy that will contribute the most to your team and have the longest career. I think the Flames have drafted a kid that will provide a great return for the team in the long run. I support them for their decision to skip Tervainen as he reminds me way too much of the player they drafted the year before, and have just moved on from.
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TT was a major part of 2 massive goals last night. He was a major reason they won a game that many thought they were going to lose. In a 7 game series and starting on the road that is a HUGE win for the Hawks. TT was a big part of that. If it was all he did for the rest of the series it would still be a big contribution. He has 8pts in 13 games though. He has been quite effective for them. In comparison Bennett had 4pts in 11 games and we were all going nuts. If TT was wearing a Flames jersey I hardly doubt you would be calling him "invisible", "can barely carry his jock strap", "contributions grosely overblown". We'd all be saying wow I think we might have a player here.