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Originally Posted by Red Menace
I think a lot of fans have spent years convincing themselves that Jankowksi and Poirier are going to be good, and also spent years thinking Canuck prospect Shinkaruk must be bad.
I think there is some bias there for sure, whether conscious or not.
I like all 3, but I don't think any one of them is clearly ahead of the other 2...
I have them in order as Shinkaruk, Jankowski, Poirier, numbers 5,6,8 on my list.
I think there's a decent chance Shinkaruk will be a top 6 forward for us next season.
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That is not it for me at all. I think Shinkaruk and Poirer are very comparable in terms of their track for development, albeit they have different "ebbs and flows" on that track. I simply see Jankowski as fundamentally a better player. His combination of skating, skill, vision and size set him ahead of the other two, and his performance in Adirondack at the end of the season also demonstrated that potential. (I recognise—as as been mentioned—that the small sample size and the fact that his play occurred at the end of the season detract from the reliability of this evaluation. However, I am looking past production here and at how he carried himself in game-play. He looked REALLY good.)
I agree that Shinkaruk looks like a possible bet to play in the top-six this season, but I also think that Jankowski long term projects to be a better, more valuable player overall, as do all three of the defensemen.