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Here's the thing with Jaskin. I remember following the 2011 draft at the time around the WJC and before he injured his knee, there were quite a few scouts, agencies, etc that had him as high as the early teens. Then he had the knee injury and talk kind of slowed on him and I think even after he came back he was slower than before which definitely played into him falling to the 41st overall pick for the Blues. Even at the draft many thought he still could be a late first/early 2nd pick.
I think everyone kind of threw him aside after his struggles last year playing mostly on the 4th line in the czech league and still apparently dealing with knee issues.
Now he's completely healthy and quickly this season started to re-find his scoring touch and his confidence has really come back in a big way. He knows he can dominate and he's doing so every game now. I mean he's got 55 pts in his last 22 games. 2.5 pts/game is quite the pace to be going at for this long. What's even more ridiculous is his 25 pts in 8 games since coming back from a strong WJC performance. I can't wait to see what he does come playoff time.
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