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Originally Posted by Flash Walken
Absolutely bizarre to see Jankowski voted ahead of guys like Shinkaruk, Gillies, Hickey etc.
Shinkaruk and Jankowski are the same age, and one of them can score at an NHL level while the other can't get a cup of coffee. If Jankowski turns into Colborne it would be a miracle at this point. It shouldn't be a stretch to think Andersson and Magiapane could be ahead of him as well.
I suppose I missed the discussion during the vote thread but the disparate criteria for how to rank their value removes a lot of the meaning behind these polls. I think Bingo is on the right track by judging it on trade value.
I don't know if Vancouver would've dealt Shinkaruk for Jankowski, Granlund certainly had more value at the time than Jankowski did. I think if Jankowski was a Canuck prospect and Shinkaruk a Flame, CP wouldn't want to do that trade either.
My apologies for the derailment but it's something that I think throws off the results of the entire exercise, and I like these polls.
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This is more a matter of circumstance. Jankowski hasn't had the contract to even have a chance to play an NHL game, but his time in the AHL appeared to go well. You'd have to wait until this year to run that comparison.