Inquiry: Draft/Scouting Publications

[CopperAndBlueGM]

After a five year absence I realized I've already forgotten all the publications and probably a few have changed.

So aside from RLR what are the noteworthy scouting publications/sources folks are using now?

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[MatthewFlames]

After a five year absence I realized I've already forgotten all the publications and probably a few have changed.

So aside from RLR what are the noteworthy scouting publications/sources folks are using now?

One of the old school ones, ISS, is still used but the price has skyrocketed.

Others are:

Draftbuzz
Black Book (hockeyprospect.com)
Future Considerations

and of course Redline.

There seem to be a growing amount of free resources as well.

 

[Lord Stanley]

After a five year absence I realized I've already forgotten all the publications and probably a few have changed.

So aside from RLR what are the noteworthy scouting publications/sources folks are using now?

I used to be a big a fan of ISS, I felt it was worth the money. However last year was really disappointing as they only had reports for 100 players compared to previous years of 200+. With that said I won't be sending any money to ISS this year.

 

[CopperAndBlueGM]

Thank you for the information gentlemen.

 

[MatthewFlames]

I used to be a big a fan of ISS, I felt it was worth the money. However last year was really disappointing as they only had reports for 100 players compared to previous years of 200+. With that said I won't be sending any money to ISS this year.

Yeah - last year was so disappointing. I love the late rounds of the draft, trying to find the hidden gems, and ISS used to be one of the keys to that. Used to be the first one I would spend money on. Black Book probably has the most profiles now.

 

[CoyotesHFNHL]

After a five year absence I realized I've already forgotten all the publications and probably a few have changed.

So aside from RLR what are the noteworthy scouting publications/sources folks are using now?

I hear HockeyProspect.com's Black Book is pretty good

 

[Canuck09]

I hear HockeyProspect.com's Black Book is pretty good

It's pretty good yep. Just wish those slackers that put it together would release it a little earlier than a few days after the combine.

 

[CoyotesHFNHL]

It's pretty good yep. Just wish those slackers that put it together would release it a little earlier than a few days after the combine.

Small price to pay to be the only ones with quotes from the combine including the interviews

On a side note it was a combine interview with Oscar Klefbom that convinced the Coyotes to draft him in the HFNHL. So it can be pretty important.

 

[Canuck09]

Small price to pay to be the only ones with quotes from the combine including the interviews

On a side note it was a combine interview with Oscar Klefbom that convinced the Coyotes to draft him in the HFNHL. So it can be pretty important.

If only we all got to have first hand interviews with the prospects there. Can you arrange that?

 

[CopperAndBlueGM]

I hear HockeyProspect.com's Black Book is pretty good

I might order it if the site would allow me It just says 'out of stock" with no obvious area to place a pre-order.

If you have a phone number I could call to order one I will. Btw when is the PDF version being released?

 

[CoyotesHFNHL]

I might order it if the site would allow me It just says 'out of stock" with no obvious area to place a pre-order.

If you have a phone number I could call to order one I will. Btw when is the PDF version being released?

It'll be out of stock until early next week. The PDF version should come out between Monday and Wednesday. I don't believe there is a pre-order option unless you have a membership, where, when it becomes in stock you can just get it when it comes available.

 

[MatthewFlames]

I used to be a big a fan of ISS, I felt it was worth the money. However last year was really disappointing as they only had reports for 100 players compared to previous years of 200+. With that said I won't be sending any money to ISS this year.

H/T to /u/Hossa who noticed that ISS is only $10 this year. And all proceeds go to charity.