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Originally Posted by getbak
Canucks' 2007 first-rounder, Patrick White, was the exact same situation as Jankowski: Traded to San Jose, who chose not to sign him after 4 years of college. San Jose received the 25th pick in the second round of the 2012 draft in compensation and picked Chris Tierney.
Conner Bleackley is another a recent example. Drafted by Colorado in 2014. In 2016, he was traded to Arizona specifically so they could get the compensatory pick: https://www.thescore.com/nhl/news/1036744 The Coyotes had no intention of offering him a contract.
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Looking at what the Flames would have received in compensation had they chosen not to sign Jankowski (21st pick in round 2 of the 2017 draft), no one picked anywhere near that spot has done much of anything in the NHL yet. That was 4 years ago, so Treliving probably made the right choice since Jankowski played over 200 games here. |
The smart thing to do would have been to take any one of Vasilevskiy, Hertl, Teravainen or Tom Wilson at 14 instead of trying to be the cleverest kids in class.