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Originally Posted by GreenLantern2814
I really wish we'd give this kid a look with the extra man before completely cutting bait on him.
Jankowski last had a PP goal in his rookie year. He had five shotorties last year, and he produced 7 more points and took his +/- from -7 to +6.
And yet he's never been given any meaningful time on the powerplay.
Jankowski doesn't play with talented players, doesn't play on the man advantage, and was part of an aborted trade that became public.
Fair enough if anyone wants to argue that he should have more than one point. But he's been very poorly handled, this year especially. 7 SH goals should buy you some Goodwill from the coach and some powerplay minutes.
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There are like 10 better forwards than him on the roster. There's no room to be gifting him pp time to make him feel better about himself The 6 SHG was clearly an aberration. He's as likely to never score another shorty as he is to put a year like that up again. Not trying to diminish his pk ability, because it is good, but people focus on his shorties too much, it's not repeatable.