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Craig Smith Elite Prospects ↗

Position: Forward DOB: 1989-09-05 Country: USA
2009 · Round 4, Pick #98  ·  Nashville Predators Nashville Predators
Signed Professionally
KalPa · Liiga

Set Commitment

NCAA Division I

NCAA D3 / D2

Career Trajectory
Dashed = raw PPG  ·  ■ Solid blue = age-adjusted NCAAe-PPG  ·  ■ Green = actual college PPG
Junior Seasons
Season Team League GP G A Pts PPG NCAAe-PPG Age-Adj D3e-PPG Age-Adj
2006-07 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 45 8 10 18 0.400 0.2360 0.2537 1.2014 1.2916
2007-08 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 58 13 10 23 0.397 0.2340 0.2396 1.1911 1.2195
2008-09 Waterloo Black Hawks USHL 54 28 48 76 1.407 0.8302 0.8128 4.2270 4.1386
2012-13 KalPa Liiga 8 4 4 8 1.000 2.5000 2.9341 8.5961 10.0889
■ Blue = NCAAe (D1 anchor)   ■ Green = D3e (D3 anchor)   COVID-flagged seasons highlighted in yellow
College Seasons (Historical)
Season School Div Conference Year GP G A Pts PPG
2010-11 Wisconsin D1 WCHA-orig SO 41 19 24 43 1.049
2009-10 Wisconsin D1 BigTen FR 41 8 25 33 0.805
Pre-College Projection vs. Actual Freshman Year
Projected PPG
0.54
before college
→
Actual FR PPG
0.80
2009-10 · Wisconsin
+48.2% vs. projection

NCAAe Rankings

#5231
Forward overall
#206
Forward born in 1989

D2/3 Comparables

Neil Trimm
Neumann · 2003-04
1.800 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Arkhip Ledenkov
St. Scholastica · 2018-19
1.636 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG
Brandon Osmundson
Utica · 2018-19
1.448 Elite
actual D2/3 PPG

How to read this: NCAAe and D3e factors convert a player's junior PPG into expected NCAA scoring at the D1 or D3 level. Harder conferences → lower projected PPG for the same player. A strong junior player (e.g. USHL 0.90 PPG) will project much higher in NESCAC than Big Ten because the D3 scoring environment is lower-difficulty.

Strength factor: conferences above 1.0 are harder than average; below 1.0 are easier. The formula is: Base NCAAe PPG ÷ Conference Strength = Projected PPG.