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C Mark Jankowski - Providence College, NCAA (2012, 21st, CGY)

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Pajicz said:
That's probaly just because the best Canadian talent usually play in CHL instead of going the college route...

Anyway, I'd really like to see him playing in Malmö. One of the most interesting prospects in my opinion, even though he's Calgary's pick. ;)
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Definitely agree with the 'one of the most interesting prospects' part. Could become a very big center with elite hands, skating and smarts.. or could not amount to much. Just fun to follow his development more so than any other prospect for the Flames at least given where he was drafted from, his growth spurt, etc.

Too bad he won't be in the Subway Series. You have to think him not being there would probably hurt his chances at making the team, but at the end of the day he still controls his destiny. He has to have an exceptional start to the season (which so far, so good) AND have an exceptional camp (if invited) to crack that roster. His size, speed, vision and hands can be useful, but Canada is a tough roster to crack.
 
Badger Mayhew said:
Pretty much every NHL player that came out of the H-East (Colin Wilson, Nathan Gerbe, Nick Bonino, JVR, etc) was above PPG in their second year.
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Hes not blowing anybody away with his numbers but people who watch him have a lot of praise for where his game is going. he isnt close to where most of the guys you listed were developmentally at the same age but next year most people would expect ppg+.
 
Badger Mayhew said:
Pretty much every NHL player that came out of the H-East (Colin Wilson, Nathan Gerbe, Nick Bonino, JVR, etc) was above PPG in their second year.
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And essentially none of them went from a low end prep league straight to the NCAA or had an 8 inch growth spurt in their draft season.

Jankowski's numbers are undeniably low compared to most higher-end NHLers out of the NCAA, but his situation is quite unique. That's why many of us are willing to look at this as a wait-and-see situation rather than labeling him an underperformer. He seems to have a lot of promise, and he has, from reports and the numbers, made visible improvement upon his play last season.
 
MVW said:
He's got 7pts in 9 games? That's not good?
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It's mediocre at best.

Never been on high on Jankowski, he shows promise here and there, but i don't know if he will ever put it together.
 
Stewie Griffin said:
Jankowski with six goals in 9 games (as an 18 year old) is mediocre now?

I need to reset my mediocremeter.
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19 year old. And it is technically mediocre for an NHL prospect. As I said earlier, I think Janwkoski is more of a unique case, but taken in a vacuum, 6 goals (7 points) in 9 games for a second year, 19 year old NCAA player wouldn't blow many people away for a projected top 6 NHL prospect.
 
To be fair he's tied for 2nd on his team for points. Providence isn't exactly an offensive powerhouse. They play a very stingy defensive game, which should go a long ways for Jankowski when/if he makes it to the NHL.
 
Stewie Griffin said:
Jankowski with six goals in 9 games (as an 18 year old) is mediocre now?

I need to reset my mediocremeter.
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I'm a Flames fan and I think he still has some promise. I'm skeptical though. I'm certainly higher on guys like Gillies, Gaudreau and Poirier.

But time will tell.
 
People really need to take into account just how young this guy is. The guy is only one month older than Sean Monahan. What should be highlighted is his improvement so far. Last year as the youngest player in the NCAA, he scored 7 goals in 34 games. This year, he has already scored 6 goals in 9 games.
 
TheDebaser said:
People really need to take into account just how young this guy is. The guy is only one month older than Sean Monahan. What should be highlighted is his improvement so far. Last year as the youngest player in the NCAA, he scored 7 goals in 34 games. This year, he has already scored 6 goals in 9 games.
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Yes he is, but Monahan is a top 9 forward in the NHL now. Jankowski wouldn't crack an AHL roster presently.
 
TheDebaser said:
People really need to take into account just how young this guy is. The guy is only one month older than Sean Monahan. What should be highlighted is his improvement so far. Last year as the youngest player in the NCAA, he scored 7 goals in 34 games. This year, he has already scored 6 goals in 9 games.
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The improvement is the biggest thing. He can hang in the NCAA, which is a good sign right off the bat, but the year-over-year improvement (and even improvement through the season) is the biggest positive sign.
 
Double Dion said:
Yes he is, but Monahan is a top 9 forward in the NHL now. Jankowski wouldn't crack an AHL roster presently.
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And Monahan was taken 5th overall in a loaded draft and has surprised to the upside very significantly. Jankowsky has top a top 6 type skill set with respect to skating, passing and vision. The rest of it he's going to have to pull together over time. No one really knows whether he has the compete level or whether he will fill out physically to achieve that level and I think it's safe to say that he's going to be a 4 year player at the NCAA level but that doesn't mean he won't still be very good, just a late bloomer perhaps. He's not tearing up the college ranks but the goal scoring is nice to see. I've said it before but he reminds me of Sean Couturier with better skating ability and scoring upside.
 
TheHudlinator said:
You completely missed the point of his post :laugh:
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I grasped the point. Just thought it was a bad one. The Janko pick was brutal, he was trying to say he's a project and pointing out he still has lots of time by using Monahan as a comparable. We generally have better success with prospects when we don't draft kids in the 1st round who are playing Midget "AA."
 
Jankowski's a big center drafted late in the 1st round. I don't know why anybody would be expecting him to light the world on fire at this point, other than Feaster's stupid comments.

Those are the kind of guys you wait for. And it's not like anybody drafted after him in the 1st is making the Flames look like they made a big mistake, so I'm not seeing what the problem is here.
 
Double Dion said:
I grasped the point. Just thought it was a bad one. The Janko pick was brutal, he was trying to say he's a project and pointing out he still has lots of time by using Monahan as a comparable. We generally have better success with prospects when we don't draft kids in the 1st round who are playing Midget "AA."
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The Flames? We have little success either way.

Again the point wasn't using Monahan as a comparable it was that Janko is around the age of a ton of picks from the most recent draft so his development will be behind those in his draft. You can't call it brutal as most in that draft haven't played in the NHL, but of course on HF if you aren't in the NHL in 2 years your a bust.
 
Rowdy Roddy Peeper said:
Jankowski's a big center drafted late in the 1st round. I don't know why anybody would be expecting him to light the world on fire at this point, other than Feaster's stupid comments.

Those are the kind of guys you wait for. And it's not like anybody drafted after him in the 1st is making the Flames look like they made a big mistake, so I'm not seeing what the problem is here.
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It wasn't even that bad of a comment it was just blown way out of proportion. He said that he was going to move the pick until his head of scouting saw Janko play. He said his head of scouting said he believes that Janko could be one of the better players in his draft in the long run. People just took it as Feaster saying he thought Janko was the best player.
 
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