[Cali Panthers Fan]

I want to start by saying I have no idea how any of our young players will turn out, so take my opinion with a grain of salt.

BUT, seeing Monahan struggling with top line responsibilities this year, and noting how Bennett is being used a lot on the wing so far, I wonder if there's still an opening for Jankowski to come in and compete for that #1 center spot.

He's clearly developed his defensive game on a top notch defensive club at Providence. He's filled out already, but likely to fill out even more projecting to being around 210-220 and 6 foot 4. I haven't watched him enough to know, but apparently he's really good on the face-off dot. He's been relied upon in all situations by the coaching staff. He's always had great vision and good hands, not to mention being a pretty good skater, and he's now using that to put up points at a high rate. He's also had the experience of winning a national championship.

We all knew this kid was going to be a project, so it's taken some time to get here, and a lot of people were hoping he would be a 3rd line center in the NHL. I definitely wasn't overly impressed by him in the past and you could put me in the group that was skeptical of him ever being an NHL player. BUT, I think at this point you might just see this kid become a complete #1 center that does everything you need on the top line. Is it possible he becomes some version of Ryan Getzlaf? Kopitar? I really don't know. But the mere fact that it's a possibility gets me very intrigued in his progress.