[News] With the 21st overall pick Flames select C Mark Jankowski

[icarus]

RLR's Kyle Woodlief had him going 15th overall in his mock draft calling him a shoot for the home run type of pick.

[Diemenz]

People on this board always comment they want calgary to take the high risk high reward type and now they have.

Personally I think Calgary is overloaded with bottom six players so drafting a player who is top 3 or bust makes sense to me. Why get another for sure moss when you can throw the dice and get a getzlaf.

[Red Ice Player]

I just want to say I admire the Flames' scouting approach. Sure this is a risky pick but damn I don't think we'e ever drafted a player like this. Mark looks like a nice piece of our rebuild, and could be our first line center ala Joe Thorton in five years.

[Calgary Highlander]

He looks like Dexter.

[Yakbutter]

Originally Posted by kyuss275

He will be nowhere near the NHL in 2 years. Start thinking 4 years.

You probably never even heard this kids name before today. Your crystal ball says 4 years? Thanks for letting us know.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by kirant

Picked off the board for a different reason IIRC.

Chucko I think was more of a lower risk/low reward. Jankowski is without a doubt all about the potential and being nearly a year younger than everyone.

i thought he was high risk/high reward... BCHL but some people were saying he could be Iginla. skating and everything

anyways back to Dexter...

[flamesaresmokin]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Jankowski is a player like Gaudreau was. Short, but very skilled and might have been a 6th or 7th round pick. Then he grew to 6'3". He's very skilled, speedy, and is now tall. He'll be our 1st line center within 2 years.

You're dreaming.

Keep in mind this kid is also playing against lackluster competition. I don't mind going off the board but this doesn't even make sense. Why not trade for a much later pick and then take him? The flames let a lot of very good players slide by.

[Phanuthier]

Feaster did say they were gonna pick a guy who they think could be one of the top 5 players in the draft......

[Esoteric]

This is actually an excellent pick. It's not an immediate payoff but it will reap rewards in the long run.

[Manhattanboy]

Why does it always seem the Flames know things no one else does?

[JayP]

Originally Posted by Caged Great

Jankowski is a player like Gaudreau was. Short, but very skilled and might have been a 6th or 7th round pick. Then he grew to 6'3". He's very skilled, speedy, and is now tall. He'll be our 1st line center within 2 years.

He's going to go from playing intramural hockey to being an NHL 1st line centre in two seasons?

Even Feaster isn't spewing this.

[jschick88]

From thespec.com

Something to Prove

Today, he’s 6-foot-3 and just finished his second season at the school where he dominated his league and suddenly caught the eye of scouts all over the NHL. By the start of this past year, he’d landed on NHL Central Scouting’s Watch List, which was the first time he actually began to believe his dream might have a chance of coming true.

Now, he’s being compared to Jason Spezza, Joe Nieuwendyk and John LeClair among others. He got a scholarship to Providence for next year and even finally got chosen by an OHL team a couple months ago.

http://www.thespec.com/sports/local/...thing-to-prove

[mikeecho]

Does anyone here even know what intramural hockey is?

[fatso]

Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm

You know the draft doesn't play out the way TSN predicts right?

Jesus, people are stupid.

Why don't you take a break for a little while? I find myself usually agreeing with your views on things, including today, but you're contributing nothing other than snide remarks. It doesn't look good on you.

On topic - crazy pick. I'm not well informed enough on prospects to have a strong view, but it seemed there were a number of NHL ready/close prospects available at 14 that could have an immediate impact. It's a bit frustrating to see a project chosen, given the organizational commitment to maintain the core. Lots could change before the season starts, but it's looking to be par for the course for now.

[Caged Great]

Originally Posted by JayP

He's going to go from playing intramural hockey to being an NHL 1st line centre in two seasons?

Even Feaster isn't spewing this.

I meant NHL player within 2 years, and developing quickly into a top player. I'm as excited with this pick as I was with Baertschi last year, and I think Jankowski will be as good.

[flamesaresmokin]

Originally Posted by Yakbutter

You probably never even heard this kids name before today. Your crystal ball says 4 years? Thanks for letting us know.

You don't jump from a canadian high school nobody to the nhl in two years. Unless somehow this kid is a phenom that absolutely no one knew about until this season anyway. Its a pretty fair assessment.

[BintonB]

• Needs to improve his face-off skills

Just what we need

[GirlySports]

Originally Posted by Freeway

Good player, a project, but could've probably been had at 42.
And the Flames could've gotten another high-end talent.
But I DO LIKE JANKOWSKI.

Can't risk it. It just takes one other team to like him and poof! He's done.

[kyuss275]

Originally Posted by Yakbutter

You probably never even heard this kids name before today. Your crystal ball says 4 years? Thanks for letting us know.

Yes i have. posters have mentioned him before and i looked him up. Hell even Feaster said he is way down the road. I was making a reply to "caged great" who said "1st line center in 2 years".

[SeoulFire]

Originally Posted by jschick88

From thespec.com

Something to Prove

Today, he’s 6-foot-3 and just finished his second season at the school where he dominated his league and suddenly caught the eye of scouts all over the NHL. By the start of this past year, he’d landed on NHL Central Scouting’s Watch List, which was the first time he actually began to believe his dream might have a chance of coming true.

Now, he’s being compared to Jason Spezza, Joe Nieuwendyk and John LeClair among others. He got a scholarship to Providence for next year and even finally got chosen by an OHL team a couple months ago.

http://www.thespec.com/sports/local/...thing-to-prove

From that article:

He had hockey sense, though. If you believe that some athletes have sports in their DNA, you’d have to believe he was blessed. His dad was a star at Cornell University. His grandfather carved out an 18-year pro-hockey career including stops with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks in the ’50s and ’60s. His great uncle is Maple Leafs legend Red Kelly.