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Originally Posted by ricardodw
I'll be more straight forward in my comments so as more people can get the point rather than discovering it for themselves:
Gee, thanks for the assistance 
Fancy stats are for losing teams. Good possession stats mean that you are chasing the game and are likely to lose.
Which is why only bad teams have good possession stats
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Jankowski was one of the positive highlights from last year. He has done nothing to deserve being demoted to 4th line centre.
Yes the Flames have got a lot of new players that they need to highlight but they should have to actually outplay Jankowski to take away his well earned ice-time. |
Jankowski is not a better C than either Monahan or Backlund and wasn't last year, so at best he's third line. Basically you are complaining that he wasn't in Ryan's spot. Ryan has better career stats. It's not a demotion for Jankowski, it's slotting C's where their stats indicate.
Also, Jankowski might just be, as a C, behind Lindholm and maybe even Dube, if they are given a chance to play it.