Four out of every five Mark Jankowski NHL goals are nothing short of gorgeous

[OvermanKingGainer]

Scored this one today between-the-legs-and over-the-pad, which inspired this thread:


Followed it up with this one:

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Here was his second career goal:

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and he followed that one up with this one:

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All from a guy whose first NHL goal banked off his jock.

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[JurassicTunga]

Kid looks good

 

[53or8]

Probably wishes he could play the worst team in the league everynight

 

[tny760]

definitely needed its own thread.

 

[CherryToke]

wow he picked up his own rebound. Impressive!

 

[Super Hans]

Quickly moving up the goal list for the 2012 draft class. Next target on the list to pass: Vinnie Hinostroza.

edit: And next target on the points list to pass: Frederik Andersen

 

[jetsforever]

Not all are that great, but they're pretty nice I guess

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

Quickly moving up the goal list for the 2012 draft class. Next target on the list to pass: Vinnie Hinostroza.

On pace for 24 goals / 82 games as a rookie - second highest G/GP rate of that draft class. Without any power play time. Won't take long for him to be the second best goal scorer in that draft class after Forsberg, while being a strong two-way centre with ridiculous vision.

Probably wishes he could play the worst team in the league everynight

The Blues?

 

[hotcabbagesoup]

He's tall. He still falls too much. And he glides too much in the offensive and defensive zone too. I picked him as my pre-season Calder pick. Come on JANKO

#FREEJANKOWSKI

 

[dechire]

Honestly I saw at least 3 goals nicer than that first one tonight and I only watched one game

 

[Sergei Shirokov]

Impressive goals.

 

[Lunatik]

You're an Oilers fan pretending to be a Flames fan?

Apparently, wish I had known before I invested the last 30 years in a team that regularly disappoints me and marked my flesh permanently with a Flames tattoo

 

[Pierce Hawthorne]

I'm confused, what in that first goal is supposed to be gorgeous? The fact he got his own rebound?


If that's what constitutes as a pretty goal, we might as well start making a thread for every goal scored for the rest of the season.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

I'm confused, what in that first goal is supposed to be gorgeous? The fact he got his own rebound?

Uh, the fact that he got his own rebound between his legs in a fraction of a second going against the grain (look at his feet relative to the goal line)

Not just that, but he managed to raise it up about 15-20 inches to get it over the pads and into the net (that's the puck zipping between Wedgewood's catcher and extended left pad)

This all happens so quickly and instinctually that people didn't even notice the details of the goal. But that's gotta be the one of the nicest rebound goals, nay, goals that we'll see this year.

 

[Wayne Primeau]

I'm confused, what in that first goal is supposed to be gorgeous? The fact he got his own rebound?


If that's what constitutes as a pretty goal, we might as well start making a thread for every goal scored for the rest of the season.

He put it through his legs.

 

[Yung Rotini]

Two goals tonight set up by perennial Hart candidate Sam Bennett.

 

[L13]

His first goal against the Coyotes was indeed gorgeous, but the posted clip doesn't show it well, so people may not even realise what's going on.

 

[Anglesmith]

His first goal against the Coyotes was indeed gorgeous, but the posted clip doesn't show it well, so people may not even realise what's going on.

I think that's confirmed. Maybe OKG should put in bold font that he scored that between his legs.

For what it's worth, there's pretty much a thread every time a player scores with his stick between his legs. No reason to make an exception in this case. This was a beauty.

And he's the first Flame to be able to pull goalies from one side of the net to the other in close like that second goal (and the fourth video posted, too) since Joe Colborne. But I hope he's better than Joe Colborne.

 

[Lunatik]

His first goal against the Coyotes was indeed gorgeous, but the posted clip doesn't show it well, so people may not even realise what's going on.

It was pretty difficult to see

 

[Foppberg]

Only the St.Louis goal was actually close to being 'gorgeous', all the others are pretty average.

Goals are goals though, kid looks solid so far.

 

[OvermanKingGainer]

His first goal against the Coyotes was indeed gorgeous, but the posted clip doesn't show it well, so people may not even realise what's going on.

The posted clip includes about five different angles of the goal. It seems few actually watched the full clip.

 

[Bounces R Way]

This is Mark Jankowski's world now. We're all just living in it.

 

[Whileee]

On pace for 24 goals / 82 games as a rookie - second highest G/GP rate of that draft class. Without any power play time. Won't take long for him to be the second best goal scorer in that draft class after Forsberg, while being a strong two-way centre with ridiculous vision.



The Blues?

With his ridiculous vision he's managed 1 assist in his NHL career. On pace for 5 assists this season, pro rated to 82 games.

 

[Advanced stats]

Goals are even less impressive than the sample size...
And that's saying something.

@OvermanKingGainer you're better than this.

 

[madmike77]

He’s done wonders for that 3rd line. If only they could fix the 4th line now....