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Originally Posted by ricardodw
all born outside of North America? All took faster paths to the NHl than Jankowski is on?
Datsyk was 23 when he came to the NHL after training in Russia... 0 games in the AHL and played 70 games as a rookie 23 year old.
When Tartar was 22 he started his season with the Wings and had 39 pts in 79 games in the his rookie year after 3 dominate year in the AHL.
Nyquist was drafted out of U of Maine. When he was Jankowski's age he started his Jr. Year at U of Maine and was a dominate player 52 pts in 31 games. The next season he started with Grand rapids and after 58 pts in 56 games but was a red wing by the end of the year and played in 4 out of the 5 redwing play off games.
Mark Jankowski
Center -- shoots L
Born Sep 13 1994
He is 21 as before hockey starts this fall.
To catch up to the slowest developing player you listed as slow... he would have to dominate the NCCA this year... be the best Flame in the AHL next year and force his way on the Flames roster by the end of next season.
then Jankowski would have something in common with your list.
Do you really see this happening? All 3 players you listed showed a lot more than Jankowski by the time they were 20.
It would be a big jump in his development trend if he catches up to these guys (that you list as apparent slow developers) in the next 2 years.
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2 years is a long time.
If he spends his 4th year in the NCAA and the next year in the AHL he will then turn 23 years old just before the 2017-18 season. Are you saying, in that timespan, he is really that unlikely to improve enough to play in the NHL? Cook up some more gobbledyguk stats mumbojumbo for us to prove he won't be good enough. Your crystal ball is cracked (crack?).
It's not as though the clock is ticking on Jankowksi's career here. This is
exactly the timeframe he was expected to take. In fact, he's a year ahead of schedule since he skipped a level of hockey (USHL) and went straight to the NCAA.
And, for the record on Nyquist, this is the first season he spent the whole year in the NHL. He spent large chunks of the previous 3 seasons with Grand Rapids. Even after he had the 'breakthrough' year you described he played in 73 AHL games over 2 seasons. At 25 he is now an established NHLer and a good one, but the Red Wings allowed him to take his sweet time to get there. I'm happy for the Flames to allow Jankowski to take a similar path. After all, there's no rush.