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Originally Posted by MrMastodonFarm
Harsh.
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How is it harsh? My ranking for the rest of the prospects is as follows
15. Agostino
16. Culkin
17. Morrison
18. Mangiapane
19. Kulak
20. Carroll
21. Smith
I have guys like Gilmour, Rafikov and Olas Mattson are nipping right behind Smith. I have Big Rig more with the bottom tier of prospects, with Van Brabant, Sieloff, Kanzig, Hathaway and Elson. It's not a condemnation, it's just my opinion. I just don't think Smith will ever play in our top 9 as a fixture.
Maybe he'll be an asset on the 4th line... a monster sized Brandon Prust if all goes well? What are we really looking at as far as potential goes with Smith? For a guy his size and age, and on a great team, I would've expected more gaudy point totals last season tbh. I know there's more to it than that, and I expect to get ripped apart, but I still felt underwhelmed by his season last year. Mangiapane looks to be a better prospect selected in the 6th round this year. Half a year younger and he tore up the same league compared to Hunter...but he's small and Hunter's big.
Obviously I'm open to being wrong. It would be crazy to have a 6'7" PF smashing in 20+ goals on the yearly.