You post as if you're posing a question.
Yet you give us statements.
I don't umderstand.
Especially in the Kassian trade. Canucks weren't picking that high that year.
Mike Gillis probably barely or even never saw him play.
He has to highly rely on his scouting staff for an opinion.
Remember these scouts and this scouting philosophy brought you the likes of Alex Grenier and Alex Mallet.
So if the scout is telling the GM you're getting the next Cam Neely in Kassian and the next Patrice Bergeron in Horvat
But in reality it's actually the next Steve Bernier and Kyle Brodziak
Its a good question.
Funny how Bernier came from Buffalo too.
imagine how bad Buffalo would be if they didn't steal Hodgson from us..
Scouting has gone from abysmal to not entirely terrible under MG's regime, but clearly there needs to be a massive overhaul. I'd sit down and have a long, hard look at each guy's record when it comes to recommendations and the results those players have generated. Player development is a lot better now that it was in the dark, long-ago days, but yeah. Scouting has been an obvious sore point for far too long and I'm sick of the organization hanging on to people who just plain and simple haven't got the job done.
imagine how bad Buffalo would be if they didn't steal Hodgson from us..
that's why i mentioned quality of scouts too
Just like how this organization is framed to attract players to come here. Should it not be the same with scouts too. It doesn't hurt that the Canucks can and probably willing to pay
Who the *bleep* recommends: Stefan Schneider, Kellan Tochkin, Bill Sweatt, Eric Walsky, Evan Oberg... and the list goes on
Don't give me the excuse of "they're still in juniors". Gillis & his bandit of scouts have had four drafts to work with + all the undrafted signings.
And there's more than one round in a draft. What happened to Alex Mallet being Gillis' Andrew Shaw. Yann Sauve got beat out by Ryan Stanton for at least a sixth d-man slot.
It's management's fault for trading away all these picks. If you're gonna do that, then that's fine. We have money and scout man-power. There's 50 contract slots + the ones that can slide.
Go out there and find some talent. Don't come back and be like, we traded away our third rounder, but here's Bill Sweatt in return
Especially in the Kassian trade. Canucks weren't picking that high that year.
Mike Gillis probably barely or even never saw him play.
He has to highly rely on his scouting staff for an opinion.
Remember these scouts and this scouting philosophy brought you the likes of Alex Grenier and Alex Mallet.
So if the scout is telling the GM you're getting the next Cam Neely in Kassian and the next Patrice Bergeron in Horvat
But in reality it's actually the next Steve Bernier and Kyle Brodziak
The proof (and I hope I am wrong) will be in a couple years, when the twins are gone. Then, we shall see how the next 'core' does.
Especially in the Kassian trade. Canucks weren't picking that high that year.
Mike Gillis probably barely or even never saw him play.
He has to highly rely on his scouting staff for an opinion.
Remember these scouts and this scouting philosophy brought you the likes of Alex Grenier and Alex Mallet.
So if the scout is telling the GM you're getting the next Cam Neely in Kassian and the next Patrice Bergeron in Horvat
But in reality it's actually the next Steve Bernier and Kyle Brodziak
yeah, i personally can't believe how much of a bust horvat has turned out to be
Especially in the Kassian trade. Canucks weren't picking that high that year.
Mike Gillis probably barely or even never saw him play.
He has to highly rely on his scouting staff for an opinion.