2018

sorry man but Smith at 21 is a joke. 128 points in 103 games over the past 2 seasons...

Wait you think Ty Smith should go higher? You understand that dominating at the junior level in the 2 years after he was drafted doesn't make him an elite prospect. Bouchard had 140 points in 112 games in his draft year and the year after, that doesn't mean he's a better prospect than the guys above him on this list. Even Ethan Bear had 135 points in his 2 junior years following him being drafted. Lots of dmen light up their junior leagues as 18 or 19 year olds. Every one of those defencemen that the OP listed above Smith have a higher ceiling or has more raw skill than Smith. Not that Smith isn't a fantastic prospect, he is. But I can't imagine many people would have him much higher on this list. I'd have Smith ahead of Bokk and Lundestrom, but that's all I'd move him up by

you're not entirely wrong, I just don't understand how a guy can drop 4 spots after doing nothing but improve since he was drafted. CHL defenceman of the year last year. Bokk, Wilde, Wahlstrom, ahead of him? come on now