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Originally Posted by 868904
Not someone you should be spending a 2nd round pick on. I think Austin Carroll is a similar project prospect and they got him in the 7th round.
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I am not the biggest Smith "believer" but I've seen him do some things that justify getting drafted, and he was selected almost exactly where he was ranked so he wasn't a reach. He's extremelt strong on his skates in the corners, if we were planning on building the LA Kings we would continie drafting guys of his nature for our bottom wingers because their whole concept is for depth lines to just spend all their icetime with puck possession on the perimeters. Hunter doesn't really fit the concepts we employ right now and his skating isn't yet NHL calibre but if he pans out, bottom 6ers like him are a really high bang for buck.
The fact that Caroll has any NHL upside as a 7th rounder is more of a win than Hunter Smith being a sketchy loss as a 2nd rounder.