09-16-2020, 06:53 PMZema Wrote: For the 2 seasons that I've been on this site actively, The Blizzards has had a rap of being awful at scouting. I remember getting drafted in the S55 class where you guys didn't bother reaching out at all until about 24h before through a message that can be summed up as: "Tell us about yourself?"
Do you actually believe this is the right way to go about scouting players for your SHL team, or are you simply not bothered much by the scouting process?

We had a defined need in both drafts since you've been on the site, we have had incredible success drafting forwards as BAP or Best Available Player, we have found a system that has worked incredibly well for us in the past. We've continually identified later round picks that become eventual high value players, look at Guy LeGrande in the 2nd round of season 54.

I've recently hired @hockeyfan on as my new assistant manager, as he loves the idea of individualized conversations with each prospect. I've done the past three maybe even four seasons without needing to talk to entire classes of players. As a team that picks regularly in the 13-18 range why would we spent time talking to a player we already know for fact is going before our pick.

As for 24 hours pre-draft how often do we see players disappear right before the draft? It's incredibly value to know a player is checking into the site pre-draft, I want someone actively checking the site and that's something that I can learn in a 24 hours period pre-draft.

I think it's funny to be referred to as "Awful at scouting" though, as we're routinely told we've gotten incredibly valuable players later in drafts, but to each their own I guess.