Grant McCagg
@duhduhduh
- Dec 13, 2010
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I am curious and maybe Grant can answer this. How do teams scout players or target specific players? Does Timmins have a list of guys he has on his radar or do his scouts give him a list of players? Are there specific things to look for in players that the team is specifically looking for, ie size, ferocity, character? How often do the scouts get together and talk about certain prospects?
I think I have more but it's late and I am slightly drunk.
Each scout has a team book with a page you fill in each game that has several categories to grade and a space for comments.
Each team would have a different book and different categories..some teams would have more categories than others, it varies.
You rate every prospect playing in the game..usually it is out of 5...the best possible rating being 5, and that's not easy to achieve. Steven Stamkos had a few 5's in his draft year...but it's rare to see a prospect with several 5 gradings...this year of course being another exception.
Sense
Skating
Skill
Competitiveness
Character
Shot
Those are the main categories. Some teams add defensive sense, puckhandling may be a separate category or vision or speed, normally there is more than one skill category..it depends on the team, and how they word it.
In addition to the grades you also rate the player's game performance, and finally give him an overall rating..for some it's letters..
An A prospect is a top-line fwd or dman
A B is a 2nd or third liner
A C is a fourth liner/AHLer
A D is minor leagues
A F is NFG
There are usually part-time regional scouts, crossover regional scouts, and the head scout.
The regional guys see players in the Q or O or W or wherever..relay their thoughts to the head scout..as the year goes along he decides where to send his crossover guys, who at the start of the year pretty much concentrate on their region where they live...Frank Jay mostly going to OHL games, Churla out west and Boisvert out east.
After a couple of months Churla will go see players Frank Jay recommended in Ontario and ones Audette and Boisvert recommended in the Q and vice versa...to see teams with prospects liked by the regional guys. Trevor goes to see players recommended by regional scouts everywhere...he's hopping all over the continent and globe..even goes to see guys I recommend or have heard good things about from other scouts on occasion. Trevor meets up with his scouts at games all the time...some games there are three or four or even five Hab scouts at the same game..with meetings afterwards. There are meetings throughout the year.
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