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Originally Posted by jayswin
I have an incredibly hard time believing that Jankowski was ever in danger of not being given a contract. That just can't possibly be true based on his progression. You have to be able to find something to back that up. Not seeing it.
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I thought it was obvious they would re-sign him as well, but you have to assume it was not a foregone conclusion based on how the team has reviewed many of the other prospects in the stable that aren't their picks, and some that were. For example Bill Arnold and Drew Shore. I'm sure most flames fans if polled in January or February would've said for sure those guys would've been re-signed, yet here we are in July and those guys are no longer with the organisation.
Here's that Haynes article I mentioned before discussing the scenarios where it might make sense for the Flames to walk away and take the compensatory pick.
Also, I am not using Jankowski's contract as a pillar of my argument, but it does illustrate how far apart Shinkaruk and Jankowski are in their respective development and experience.