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JohnGalt said:No one likes Bobby Mac more than I do but if you were a scout for an NHL team would you be telling him (or anyone) where you had Brule ranked? Why? That is exactly what your job is not to do. If I were a GM and one of my scouts went giving out lists that scout would get the boot.
If I was rating my team's prospects for Bob, I wouldn't be totally honest. If I really liked Brule I'd bump him down a few spots then where I actually have him rated. If he slumps in enough ratings, teams might not draft him before your turn. If I didn't like him, I'd hype him up and hope some other team picks him so the player I really want is still there when I pick. Hopefully it all evens out from getting a large enough sample, but this sort of thing does go on. Prior to the 2003 draft, Darcy Regier stated on the record that the Sabres would not use the #5 pick for Thomas Vanek. Was he sincere at the time, or merely trying to deter other teams from trading up to draft him?