Brendan Smith

[hawkdog]

Any thoughts on his point totals this year?
He led the wings defense in the playoffs this year.

[Southpaw20]

I think he gets it together and breaks 30pts this year with decent PIM. Strong beliver in this guy

[Spec7ral]

HELP! #guysucks

[ICEJESTER]

With the Wings often using an extra forward on PP1 and PP2 Smith isn't getting the opportunity to pad his stats quite yet. Don't be scared though.....he is not Cam Barker, probably more like Doughty. This kid has higher end skills and an edge to his game that you can't teach amking him a valuable all around asset. He's a future multi cat producer whose real life value will always be higher than fantasy stats but should still be a 35-45pt dman in future seasons. Unfortunately it doesn't appear that Babcock will utilize him enough this year in the offensive zone enough for owners to be rewarded. Expect 25 pts and north of 50 pims and you'll be rewared in keeper leagues probably as early as 14/15.

[Big Ev]

Smith has been brutal this year and I never quite understood the love for him. Going on 7 years since he was drafted now.

[ovi42]

With the Wings often using an extra forward on PP1 and PP2 Smith isn't getting the opportunity to pad his stats quite yet. Don't be scared though.....he is not Cam Barker, probably more like Doughty. This kid has higher end skills and an edge to his game that you can't teach amking him a valuable all around asset. He's a future multi cat producer whose real life value will always be higher than fantasy stats but should still be a 35-45pt dman in future seasons. Unfortunately it doesn't appear that Babcock will utilize him enough this year in the offensive zone enough for owners to be rewarded. Expect 25 pts and north of 50 pims and you'll be rewared in keeper leagues probably as early as 14/15.

I agree that he's not Cam Barker but I think the Doughty comparison is a bit of a stretch. Doughty is an elite two-way forward. At this peak, I still think smith is a couple of notches below that. If you're in a keeper, you'll be waiting until he's 27-28 before you get peak numbers. He does play for the wings after all