I was at the game last night and can provide some potential evidence toward scouting activity...
My GF came in possession of tickets that sat in section 208, 2nd to last row BEHIND the gondola on the penalty box side. I will advise that if you are attending a game to see the entirety of the playing surface, the scoreboard hanging above center ice and/or the cool lights/banner drops from the ceiling, I would avoid these seats. View of the closest corner of the ice is blocked by heads and bodies in the seats in front of you, and the gondola completely blocks view of the roof and all but the very bottom of the scoreboard. To make up for the lack of scoreboard view, there are large screen TV's on the back of the gondola that show whatever is on scoreboard. So it gives kind of an "intimate dark living room" feel, if you're into that sort of thing.
That said, if you just like the experience of being at the game, having fun with intoxicated fans, the occasional scent of marijuana, or some type of juggalo/Kottonmouth Kings music loudly emitting from someone's cell phone during a moment of silence, there was no better seat in the house!
Anyway, back to the scouts thing... The seat also gave a prime view of the "portals" (more like bridges) to the gondola. I'm not sure if the gondola is where scouts would watch the game, but most of the guys walking that portal were dressed in suits and carrying briefcases or laptop bags. Some of them had that "wrinkled like I just got off a long sweaty plane ride and didn't have time to iron" look to their suit jackets, and some met on the portal and chatted all business like. One of the main reasons I noticed them was that every time one or a group of them walked by, my GF would nudge me and ask if it was Ken Holland...
Also... The guy directly to my left was in an AA jersey and got visibly triggered and awkward when a hilarious and likely inebriated fan yelled "I remember my first break away!" after an AA breakaway and then when my GF loudly tried to predict that AA wouldn't score in the shootout. I was about to ask him if he was Redder Winger from HFBoards, but then he celebrated Abdelkaders shootout goal and the eventual win, so I knew it definitely wasn't.