Hiishawk
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Stefan Legein is one player I've seen numerous times. Plays for the Sauga Ice Dogs and really broke out this season. His skating is his best asset, IMO, as he was voted as the best skater by coaches in the OHL, I think. Rightfully so, because in all the games he played he was by far the best skater on either of the teams. He's a solid two-way player as well, but also possesses the scoring touch as evident by his performance this year scoring 43 goals.
Leafs scouts were seen various times this year watching the Dogs play and anyone with even a single brain cell would think they were scouting Legein. I will not be surprised if they moved up from the second rounder to select this local kid. He reminds me a lot of Chris Kunitz of Anaheim Ducks.
A number of people on HF Boards have remarked how they (often) saw scouts from this or that NHL team at some draft prospects games and assumed that this team is looking to draft that particular player.
The fact is that any player listed among a team's initial 400+ priority players will be watched 10+ times minimum (more in the CHL). Every team with a decent prospect will be viewed with some regularity. But in fact, the scout(s) may be there to decide a certain player is overrated and that he doesn't suit their team needs or philosophy or whatever.
And with a team like Mississauga, there are about 4-5 decent draft prospects to watch, plus some free agents, and also scouts always watch drafted players too (for trades, FA etc.). Legein will probably have been seen by each NHL team about minimum 25 times in my estimation (meaning number of game reports filed) but having a certain teams' scouts in attendance a lot doesn't mean that they are big on Legein at all.
It's like Perron at the MC. All teams were watching him and taking copious notes to be sure but those notes might not have been favourable, and those same scouts would be watching Marshall and Ward etc. too.