Jankowski started off great. He followed that up with another solid season. PK'er, no PP that I remember, but he produced. His first season was helluva impressive for me - not one single 'lucky' goal. Just snipe after snipe it seemed.
3rd season, he just faltered. You would have thought that it was merely a season late 'sophomore jinx' season, but 7 points in 52 games was a dreadful drop. I wonder what happened with him. It didn't appear to be injuries - if so, nothing was disclosed. He looked like he was able to skate around just as well. It just seemed like he just didn't enjoy playing any longer, or somehow lost that 'tenacity' - which, for him, didn't seem like a whole lot at first anyway, but it went right down to zero it seemed. Still an active player, though mostly in the AHL. Hard to believe he is 29 years old now!
Colborne gets lumped-into the same conversation, but IMO it is a little unfair. It seemed he got a concussion and suffered from that. He only played that one season in Colorado, tried to return the year after and had 13 games in the AHL, but had to retire. I hope he is at least symptom-free and able to enjoy life normally now.
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