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Originally Posted by GranteedEV

So I was looking at Janko's estimated ice time stats, and I noticed that... Jankowski was really good relative to other U23 forwards. Only guy clearly better offensively, Jake Guentzal, is already playing with the best player on the best line on the best team in the league right now (and is only a month younger). And isn't the same tier of two-way player that Mark is.

From the sample of 127 twenty-two-or-younger forwards to play 30+ AHL games last season (and keep in mind Guentzal only played half the season in the A, so there's probably some small sample size issue pumping him a bit compared to Jankowski who was down there when all of Stockton went on a teamwide slump, and further WBS was a more potent offensive team throughout its lineup):

5-on-5:
Jankowski was 67th in estimated time-on-ice @ 12.04 minutes

Jankowski was 3rd in primary points per 60 estimated minutes @ 2.34 (Guentzal 1st @ 3.19, Cehlarik 2nd @ 2.54)
Jankowski was 3rd in points per 60 estimated minutes @ 2.65 (Guentzal 1st @ 3.43, Cehlarik 2nd @ 2.74)


Jankowski was 1st in estimated Quality of Competition @ 14.08 minutes (Guentzal 85th @ 13.31, Cehlarik 98th @ 13.24 - BTW Shinkaruk, Mangiapane, Klimchuk round out the top four in U23 QoC while Poirier and Lomberg were also respectively 8th and 12th. It's safe to say no other organization challenged its U23 players to play hard AHL minutes the way ours did. Some food-for-thought when criticizing these kids' production)

Jankowski was 92nd in estimated Quality of Teammate (Guentzal was 50th, Cehlarik was 55th, Puljujarvi was 1st.)

Jankowski was 3rd in on-ice GF% (Guentzal was 1st, Cehlarik was 12th...and...surprisingly... Hunter Smith was 2nd.)
Jankowski was 5th in GF% relative to team (Guentzal was 7th, Cehlarik was 19th, Smith 11th, Lomberg 29th)

Considering it's unlikely that Jankowski will get much PP time, his 5-vs-5 play suggests he should be able to translate his game to the NHL. Well, that and the good ol' eye test.

I'm so excited to see what he can do next year. Also, watch for him to have a monster game tomorrow to tie the playoff series!