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Originally Posted by cowtown75
Lets not forget Wotherspoon, Culkin, Cundari, Ramage, Breen, Kanzig. I don't mind the quality of defensive prospects moving foward and it will only get better with each additional draft.
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Don't get me wrong, I like each of those guys (except Breen and Kanzig due to lack of speed), but they all have enough holes in their game where they will need to put some things together in order to take the next step. It is a lot better than it has been previously though.
We need to have some guys in the pro level to make it possible for the guys below to have enough time to adjust and hopefully make the next step instead of letting them crash and burn at the NHL level. Getting Smid gives us more time to address the lack of high end talent/depth that we are having problems with.