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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Why would we even think that Smith projects to be a plug? When McGrattan was drafted he had all of 11 goals and 26 points in total from his three seasons in the OHL. Smith had more goals and points this past season than McGrattan did in his entire OHL career up to the time he was drafted. We will see how much Smith benefited from occasional opportunities to play with Dal Colle, but he looks like a hell of a lot more than "basically McGrattan 2.0".
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But McGratton at the end of his 18 year old year in the OHL had more points total in his career than Smith (which would be the correct comparable because unlike Smith McGratton was actually drafted in his first year of eligibility).
The 11 goals you cite was over 2 seasons not 3. After 3 seasons and after their 18 year old years their career numbers were.
Smith - 17 goals 25 Assists for 42 career points
McGratton - 22 goals 36 assists for 58 career points.
This season Smith will need to put up close to a PPG to match the output of McGratton in his 19 year old year in the OHL. It will be interesting, but at similar points in their junior careers McGratton had the edge with slightly better hands than Smith.