C Jansen Harkins - Prince George Cougars, WHL (2015, 47th, WPG)

[Whileee]

Jets with another killer draft. Harkins at #47 is fantastic. He'll fit in with the Jets perfectly.

 

[Arizonan God]

Jets drafting strikes again. Brilliant.

 

[Brew]

Just looking for any information someone may have on Harkins. Expectations, performance, outcome.

Thanks

 

[Skiffer55]

Less points the year for a mediocre/low-scoring team. But he increased his primary points and scored 4 more goals. Definitely not a passenger. Fit in quite well in his 6 games with the Moose, as well. Happy with his development. He'll spend another year in junior.

 

[MS]

Just looking for any information someone may have on Harkins. Expectations, performance, outcome.

Thanks

Didn't take a step forward at all, and would probably be a 4th-5th rounder if you re-did that draft.

Skating is a major issue. Simply nothing dynamic about his game. Solid enough all-around player but right now he's tracking like an AHLer or maybe as a bottom-6 center.

At the time of his draft, I thought maybe he had Paul Stastny-type upside ... however, after the season he had this year I think that ship has somewhat sailed. Needed to take a big step forward to start meeting that projection and did the opposite.

 

[Brew]

Less points the year for a mediocre/low-scoring team. But he increased his primary points and scored 4 more goals. Definitely not a passenger. Fit in quite well in his 6 games with the Moose, as well. Happy with his development. He'll spend another year in junior.

Didn't take a step forward at all, and would probably be a 4th-5th rounder if you re-did that draft.

Skating is a major issue. Simply nothing dynamic about his game. Solid enough all-around player but right now he's tracking like an AHLer or maybe as a bottom-6 center.

At the time of his draft, I thought maybe he had Paul Stastny-type upside ... however, after the season he had this year I think that ship has somewhat sailed. Needed to take a big step forward to start meeting that projection and did the opposite.

Two completely different answers. Pretty sure the comparisons I was seeing for Harkins was a "Krejci-lite" kind of player. Interesting that he stuck pretty well in Manitoba.

 

[Whileee]

Definitely not a big step forward in his draft+1 year, which is a concern.

But it's definitely early to write him off. He was actually surprisingly good at the AHL level later in the season.

He needs to get another step or two in his skating. He is a very smart player that will figure out how to play. He'll need to have the jump to make it work at the NHL level. The jury is still out, for me.

 

[MS]

Two completely different answers. Pretty sure the comparisons I was seeing for Harkins was a "Krejci-lite" kind of player. Interesting that he stuck pretty well in Manitoba.

To be clear, he's a very good two-way WHL center. I just don't see anything at all dynamic in his game that can project him as a 2nd-line type in the NHL. And his skating is a concern.

PG also wasn't a low scoring team - the were 9th of 22 teams in the WHL offensively. Harkins was often on a 2nd line, though, which did impact production - but it's a chicken/egg thing where if he was more dynamic, he probably would have received more prime minutes. A 22-point drop in scoring in your draft +1 year when your team gets much better and scores more is concerning.

At this point, a Kyle Brodziak-type #3 center would probably be a reasonable upside.

 

[Jetabre]

Apparently he had very little secondary assists, though I didn't watch any of his junior games. But yeah he was decent in his short stint with the Moose.

 

[Rheged]

He was moved from a big time offensive 1C role last season to more of a tough minutes defensive 2C role this season. Unfortunate that his scoring went down but he still scored well given his usage and there was a fair measure of bad luck (lack of 2A's) involved.

 

[fmrdh]

Has anybody seen him play this season?

Stats look decent.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Has he still not signed his ELC yet?

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

Signed his ELC ... Good for him and the Jets... Very solid player

 

[Mikey09]

Already 6 years from his draft and manage to play in 55 nhl career games in this time span.

Someone who follows Jets more closely will be maybe willing to clarify his development or what type of a player did he become? Does he possibly still have any other room to get better left?

 

[Heldig]

Has not been able to crack a deep Jets forward group as a regular NHLer. He should be a regular next season.

 

[Tasteless Beaver]

He's definitely still got the potential to be a permanent 3rd line fixture somewhere, although he's probably the next Jet to force his way out because he can't crack the top-6, and may not like a checking role on the 3rd line (which Maurice loves to run). If we ran 3 scoring lines, this would never be a problem.

 

[VictoriaJetsFan]

I think Harkins is still very much in the Jets plans. Suffers from Maurice's stupidity toward young players ice time.