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Originally Posted by sureLoss
Weisbrod was the one who compared him to Nieuwendyk.
TSN said his NHL comparable was Jamie Benn.
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It's important to remember with all of those comparisons, and the "best player in the draft" comment, is that they were all referring to absolute ceiling, if he hit his full potential, not actual expectations.
And in that light, I've never been bothered by any of the press clippings that continue to be dragged back out - Jankowski had huge potential given his physical tools and development curve in the two years prior to his draft, but everyone acknowledged that he was also a huge project, so the upside was by no means guaranteed and would take years to be realized, if ever.