Contrary to a report that Ryan Jankowski was in the mix to become general manager of the WHL team, a source with the Regina Pats tells Point Blank that the Islanders’ assistant GM politely rejected an overture from the club. “We reached out to Ryan,” said the source, “but what we heard back was that he was under contract to the Islanders and committed to stay with them for a long time. Despite what was written in some of the papers, he never even came in for an interview.”
The Pats hired Chad Lang yesterday as general manager.
Jankowski is the well-regarded assistant general manager/Director of Amateur Scouting for the Islanders. He spent last week managing the team’s efforts at the NHL Scouting Comine in Toronto in preparation for the draft next month. Among his recent draft picks with promise are Travis Hamonic, Kevin Poulin, Kirill Petrov, Matt Donovan, David Ullstrom, Calvin de Haan and Mikko Koskinen.
Jankowski’s rumored move to Regina was a topic of discussion this week at the Stanley Cup Final, which is why this blog reached out to Regina for clarification. Good to see reports are invented in the Western Hockey League, just as they are in the good old NHL.
It's a good thing that Jankowski decided to stay because he is highly regarded around the NHL and is viewed as an extremely intelligent man with a bright future as an NHL GM. The Islanders will need him for when they let Garth Snow go, which is only hope on my part. That might be soon if the Islanders don't make the playoffs next year. However, seeing as how Mike Milbury remained in power for ten seasons, I don't see Snow leaving anytime soon.
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