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Originally Posted by Zevo
Man I hope Smith turns into an NHLer. He sure seems to embrace and actually love playing a physical role. After that monster open ice hit he looked like a kid waiting to open his presents at Christmas when he was waiting for the Oiler to get up.
He can skate pretty good for kid who's 6'7" and just turned 19. 2-3 years to fill out and improve yet, by that time he should be 230+. A guy that size who can skate and loves the physical play would be an absolute menace on the 3rd or 4th line.
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I see no reason why he wouldn't make it as an NHLer. He's got all the physical tools he needs. It's just a matter of finding out if he's destined for top 9 duties or if he's limited to a rock-em-sock-em role. He's showing a lot of promise in this tournament, though. He looks a lot better out than there than I expected and I think the sky (in Hunter's case the sky is the 2nd line) is the limit.