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Originally Posted by saXon
Without derailing the thread, he's looking about the same as what Burke called him out for. A one dimensional offensive cherry picker who hovers around 30-35 points.
I wouldn't say that's spectacular for a 2nd liner.
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That was actually a very small part of it. Burke called him out essentially for his compete level, especially outside of the offensive zone, but also in the offensive zone.
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"There are three zones in the ice surfaces in this league. I don't see that he's learned to play and compete in two of them. He's got to learn there's a clock in this league and there's so many minutes in the game and that you've got to compete through all of it. I see this is a guy who's focusing on one area [scoring] and even then, sporadically," Burke said. "So I don't know what we have.
"I'm not ready to quit on a young kid. I'm not ready to throw him under the bus here today and rip him, but I think you can tell from my comments that I see big holes and I see a lack of commitment that's not going to get him anywhere in my books."
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I thought he was bang-on with his comments at the time.
As for the Janowski pick, the backburner thread on him was glorious over the years. Lots of consternation about that pick, and his 'lack of progression'.
Still, it is too early for anyone to pat themselves on the back for seemingly being right about him. I do expect him to be a really good player, but he still needs to come out and do it. I think his first third or so of the season might make some on here 'disappointed', but I really do expect this kid to ramp up.
BTW, my favorite ever comment was from a poster who didn't like the pick, and then stated that he knows another player on the Flames and that said player stated that Jankowski would never make it. It read to me as something so made up.