Film Room: Why Cameron Reid could become the next great undersized defenceman

“At the start of the year, I wasn’t rated as high as I am now,” Cameron Reid said at the NHL draft combine. “But I wanted to prove to everyone that I could jump up, that I’m more dangerous than what people thought I would be.”

After starting the season as a B-level prospect on NHL Central’s list, Reid shot up to an A-level grade. The 6-foot Kitchener Rangers defenceman followed a similar trajectory on our Elite Prospects list, rising from outside our top 32 to the 19th overall slot. Some on our team held him in even higher esteem, ranking him in the top 15 and viewing him as the third-best defensive option in the draft class — a close equivalent to Jackson Smith.

At first, it was his scoring and skating ability that attracted the spotlight.

His 16 points in his first 15 games vaulted him near