Way, way back in 2012, the Calgary Flames were in a much different place. Following the brief NHL debut of 2011 first round selection Sven Baertschi during the 2011-12 season, the hope was the Flames could get similarly immediate help in the 2011 cattle call.
Instead, the Flames traded down to recoup a previously-traded second round pick and selected relatively obscure forward Mark Jankowski – a forward who had absolutely dominated Quebec high school hockey and was headed to the NCAA. It was hardly the immediate help that Flames fans hoped for, and the pick didn't exactly age well in light of 2013 and 2014 top picks (Sean Monahan and Sam Bennett) heading straight to the NHL.