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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
IMO the "smartest guy in the room" thing goes both ways. Thinking you are the smartest guy in the room led to trading down to pick Jankowski at 21 when players like Wilson, Teravainen, and Hertl were right there for the taking at 14.
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Except in this example the Flames would have just taken Jankowski at 14.
They had him at the top of their list.
So putting aside the fact that they were stupid in their player evaluation that year, what would you rather have?
Jankowski at #14
or
Jankowski at #21 and a second round pick
Deciding that they should have picked somebody else is also like saying that they could have picked Tanner Pearson at 21 and Shayne Gostisbehere in the second round.
Doing that would have made them look like geniuses.
Revisionist history does not work.