K'Andre Miller or Ty Smith?

[Dr Salt]

Both are pretty good defenseman with high upsides and can have really good puck moving abilities. Who would you rather have going forward?

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[Lays]

As a Ranger fan-Smith. Had him in my top 10 (K’Andre I think at 16)
Miller doesn’t get enough credit for his season though

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Close but Smith. Both are great and arguably go ahead of Dobson and Bouchard in a redraft.

 

[cgf]

Gimme K'Andre in the long run.

I'm skeptical about how well Smith's tools will translate against NHLers, despite his smarts...I suspect that he's more Mete / Brodin than true top pairing prospect. Whereas I loved Miller's tools, with my only questions being about how much development he still needed & how much of that development he would actually achieve...and he's covered a big chunk of that ground this season.

So given that the avs blueline isn't in desperate need of whatever help we can get, I'mma gamble on the higher upside guy who's not as far along.

 

[JuJu Mobb]

Ty Smith giving me Brian Rafalski vibes.

 

[GeorgeKaplan]

As a Ranger fan-Smith. Had him in my top 10 (K’Andre I think at 16)
Miller doesn’t get enough credit for his season though

This is exactly how I feel too

 

[Dr Salt]

Close but Smith. Both are great and arguably go ahead of Dobson and Bouchard in a redraft.

Bouchard for me at the very least. I could see both over Dobson too.

 

[NJ DevLolz]

Smith, but Miller is a great prospect

 

[Machinehead]

Smith is more likely to be a top pairing guy but Miller will be special if he hits his ceiling.

Can't go wrong either way.

 

[Hischier and Hughes]

Idk Miller’s numbers but Smith was WHL Dman of the year and broke 60+

 

[Lays]

Idk Miller’s numbers but Smith was WHL Dman of the year and broke 60+

Miller had 22 points in 26 games, leading scorer on his team had 26 in 37. Miller was second in PPG after Linus Weissbach (5’9 forward, 20 year old) who had 25 in 27. No one else on the team really comes close to their PPG

Miller had better numbers in his freshman season than Werenski and Makar iirc though I’m in no way saying he’ll be better than them, just saying it is impressive.

He’s a 6’4 dman who has crazy athleticism and skating for his size. He’s a project, but if he hits his potential he’ll be a rare defenseman. This is only his 3rd full season playing defense as well

Again though, I’d take Smith. I wouldn’t have minded him with 9th overall and the Devils got someone who I think will be a top pairing defenseman. He doesn’t have the potential of Miller but he still has a very high ceiling

 

[780il]

Close but Smith. Both are great and arguably go ahead of Dobson and Bouchard in a redraft.

Lol


I'm guessing you formed this opinion with a 5 game sample size that was the world juniors?

 

[780il]

I like Miller here, big upside although it'll take some time to get there.


Smith will be a good #3 imo. Good piece to have but not the potential 1d that Miller could be.

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

I'll take Smith. I'm not a big fan of Miller. He scored a lot of points this season, but every time I saw him play, he didn't play well.

 

[Lays]

I'll take Smith. I'm not a big fan of Miller. He scored a lot of points this season, but every time I saw him play, he didn't play well.

I really didn’t like his play at the WJC but every time I saw him at Wisconsin he was impressive. He’s a project

 

[Gospel of Prospal]

I think Smith is the safer choice. I think he has a high floor and a somewhat high ceiling. K'Andre has a low floor and a very high ceiling.

 

[snipes]

Close but Smith. Both are great and arguably go ahead of Dobson and Bouchard in a redraft.

Have you seen the playoffs Bouchard is having? 20 points in 10 games.

As for this poll, Smith.

 

[EdJovanovski]

K’andre could legit be like a Brent Burns
I take him

 

[tony d]

I went with Miller.

 

[Dr Salt]

I'm leaning on K'Andre personally but I don't think you can go wrong with either.

 

[LuckyBoeser]

Lol


I'm guessing you formed this opinion with a 5 game sample size that was the world juniors?

No. I wasn't high on Bouchard prior to the 2018 draft.

 

[Machinehead]

I really didn’t like his play at the WJC but every time I saw him at Wisconsin he was impressive. He’s a project

I thought he was fine at the WJC. It's very rare for u19 defensemen to be particularly good in that tournament.

 

[Breakers]

I love what Miller did in Wisconsin with Emberson this year.

His gap control and and ability to defend the neutral zone and defensive zone is really really good.

 

[Machinehead]

K’andre could legit be like a Brent Burns
I take him

I don't see Burns at all.

The production Miller had in college this year was a very nice added bonus but his niche in the NHL is as a shutdown defenseman.

 

[Scorcho]

Miro>Makar>Smith/Hughes> Dobson/Bouchard> K'andre > Wilde