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Originally Posted by Aarongavey
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.
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That's all well and good—and thanks for correcting the error in my post—but the point still stands that Smith's 18 yo season was fairly more productive than McGrattan's. McGrattan had a higher number of career Juniour points than Smith by then as a product of his more consistent development from his 16 yo season. I think the fact that Smith improved as much as he did in a single year, added to the fact that he outproduced McGrattan in his 18 yo season is a fair indicator that he is a better player at the same age.