After watching Jankowski play four game, I'll say that he does stand out in good ways. Decent offensively, decent defensively but he has no shot, no trigger. It's shocking he scored more than 10 goals per season in the h-east.
He hasn't played alot, so I don't have much of a feel for him yet. Which is not a big surprise with the playoff race and the fact that there is a bigger jump for CHL players than AHL ones. But the Heat should be officially eliminated right away and at that point I expect to see Pollock, Jankowski, Klimchuk, Poirier, Shinkaruk, Smith, Carroll, Kylington, Culkin, Kulak and Sieloff fed alot of prime minutes.How has Pollock looked so far?
He's good at finding corner and while I wouldn't call Jankowski's wrist shot great, that wasn't my issue - just that he can't trigger. He takes 1-2 seconds too long to start to process, leading to him (wisely) passing back. Either way, it's tough to tell how good or bad he is just by watching four games, so I'll try to pay closer attention to him in the last few games.Huh? He's got a great wrist shot, extremely accurate finding corners and incredible hands in tight to get the puck over top of pads. He just doesn't shoot, because he is Alex Tanguay. But that won't stop him from being an 18-25 goal guy in the NHL. Guys with Hockey sense just have that knack as they go up levels where playing with better players they adapt their decision making. It's weird but he won't often take lazy shots into chest-pads so people accuse him of inflated SH%. But I've seen enough of his wrister to know it can beat NHL goalies just fine.
He's fine.How has Pollock looked so far?
After watching Jankowski play four game....he has no shot, no trigger. It's shocking he scored more than 10 goals per season in the h-east.
I now expect him to struggle out of the gate next season, just to create some drama on our board.
Would like to find something else to complain about him, but I might have filled my reserve jinx quota. That, or he visits hfboards.Since you posted this Jankowski has played two games, registered seven shots (and a few crossbars and high-and-wides) and scored two goals.
Keep it up
That is awesome that Janko has 5 in 6, though. It's refreshing to have a guy make the jump and find immediate success like that.
I now expect him to struggle out of the gate next season, just to create some drama on our board.
I predict he'll make the Flames out of training camp, play RW alongside Bennett & Matthews, and score 50 points.
I predict he'll make the Flames out of training camp, play RW alongside Bennett & Matthews, and score 50 points.
Let's make this worse and say JankowskiBut who's playing centre?!?
I'm glad someone picked up on that.But who's playing centre?!?
Nakladal is an NHL UFA, not an AHL oneI compiled lists for all the AHL Western Conference teams in terms of who's under contract for next season and all the free agents. They can be found here: http://highlandparkhockey.blogspot.com/2016/06/offseason-guide-part-2-ahl-free-agents.html
Any corrections I need to make with Stockton's list?
Stockton Heat (Calgary Flames)
Under Contract
Forwards: Austin Carroll, Garnet Hathaway, Mark Jankowski, Morgan Klimchuk, Emile Poirier, Brett Pollock, Daniel Pribyl, Andrew Mangiapane, Mason Raymond, Hunter Smith,
Defensemen: Ryan Culkin, Keegan Kanzig, Brett Kulak, Oliver Kylington, Kenny Morrison, Patrick Sieloff,
Goaltenders: Jon Gillies and Mason McDonald
Impending Free Agents
NHL UFA: forward Derek Grant
NHL RFA: goaltender Kevin Poulin, defenseman Tyler Wotherspoon and forwards Kenny Agostino, Bill Arnold, Turner Elson, Freddie Hamilton, Drew Shore and Bryce Van Brabant
AHL UFA: goaltender Kent Simpson, defensemen Aaron Johnson,Jakub Nakladal, Yann Sauve and Dustin Stevenson and forwards Mitchell Heard, Ryan Lomberg and Blair Riley