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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
I don't think so at all. I feel of the players you listed Jankowski is the best bet right now to have an NHL career. He's going to at worst be a full time bottom 6 center which is still a roster spot and contributor. Shinkaruk is going to have to score at a high rate that overcomes his size deficiency to be a full time NHL player, Gillies has to show he's one of the best goaltenders in the AHL before I would be comfortable believing he has surefire NHL potential and Hickey at this point is a hope and a prayer as he still has a few years before we know where he's at.
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What a joke.
Writing a book about a guy's NHL career with less than 10 games experience in the AHL.
Jankowski's collegiate numbers are comparable to Eric Nystrom and that guy has bounced all over 4th lines around the league with stints in the AHL trying to keep his job.
This is basically exactly what I'm talking about in my preceding post. I'm picking on you because you're a terrible poster, but what exactly has Jankowski actually done to get this kind of lofty praise? He's the biggest 'what if' prospect I can remember since Taratukhin.
Shinkaruk is a point a game player in the AHL and showed he can score at the NHL level. Shinkaruk may never amount to anything but thus far he's shown a hell of a lot more to think he's actually going to have a productive NHL career than Jankowski.
Just because he was in College doesn't mean he hasn't had the opportunity to play pro. If he was good enough, he would've turned pro early, it's as simple as that. College has been the best league for him to develop in because he wasn't good enough for better leagues. Just quickly scanning hockey east scoring leaders, he's the oldest player in the top 10. His scoring comparables are 1, 2 or 3 years younger than him, which is like judging a junior prospect on their overage season and anointing them a lock for the NHL.
The fact that Shinkaruk put up a point per game in the AHL for two different teams should easily vault him ahead of Jankowski who was looking like he may not have been offered a contract this year.