Scott Wheeler
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No, they won't have seasons where they put up 45, 50, 55 points.
I think some of these kids are capable of doing that.
I do think Smith's probably feels like the surest thing in terms of like just going to play a ton of minutes in the NHL and be a stud.
And he kind of, I think he fits the sort of Moritz Seider projection and Moritz Seider is now in that
He wasn't always in that 15 or 20, but he now has emerged in that 15 or 20 sort of top defenseman in the league category.
But I think those are kind of the tiers that we're talking about.
Like when you go back through draft history and you look at recent first overall picks, I don't think we're talking about a Matthew Schaefer or a Kael McCarr or a Miro Heiskanen tier for some of these guys or Quinn Hughes.
I think we're maybe looking at the Moritz Seider, Owen Power, Aaron Ekblad, Simon Edvinson,
like those caliber of players.
Jake Sanderson's probably maybe between those two tiers.
I think we might get like a Jake Sanderson or a Moritz Seider out of this class, maybe two of them.
And those are obviously Jake's the first pair, like Jake is the number one.
But I don't think we're getting that transcendent talent either.
Cheers, fellas.
Looking forward to it.