Speculation: Igor Ozhiganov (CSKA Moscow) to Toronto

[Jumptheshark]

just for perspective on this thread. I talked to a friend who is an AGM of a KHL team and he said that Edmonton, LA, Devils, wings, bolts and panthers all had sit down meetings with the player. Those are the teams he knows about. And there were GM attending these meetings. This one made news because it was the leafs Gm attending the meetings

 

[A4T1L6]

just for perspective on this thread. I talked to a friend who is an AGM of a KHL team and he said that Edmonton, LA, Devils, wings, bolts and panthers all had sit down meetings with the player. Those are the teams he knows about. And there were GM attending these meetings. This one made news because it was the leafs Gm attending the meetings

 

[93LEAFS]

The Ducks haven't drafted, signed or employed a single young Russian player during Murray's tenure. The only Russians to play for the Ducks during that time were NHL veterans on short term deals.

Ducks were actually the first team I checked, but they actually have a Russian based scout.

http://www.eliteprospects.com/staff.php?staff=2700

 

[Acallabeth]

Russia really is a headache to scout for a variety of reasons (massive land mass to cover, uncooperative teams/league officials, etc) that some teams prefer to ignore it and allocate their resources elsewhere.

No. They really don't. The leafs have a bottomless pit of resources. Many NHL teams do not. The Leafs just have that many more scouts and personnel in every corner of the world of hockey. Small market teams would have to bounce their scouts around, and make do with smaller budgets and much less staff.

I mean, it's true for scouting MHL or Russian minor leagues, but anyone who's been casually following the KHL for at least a coupla years knows Ozhiganov. I don't think there's a team that can't afford a laptop and $100 for a full season-long KHL subscription to at least take notes on KHL players they'd target.

 

[heilongjetsfan]

No. They really don't. The leafs have a bottomless pit of resources. Many NHL teams do not. The Leafs just have that many more scouts and personnel in every corner of the world of hockey. Small market teams would have to bounce their scouts around, and make do with smaller budgets and much less staff.

Dunno about other small market teams, but the Jets have a pretty huge scouting network. Again, not my field of expertise but I can't imagine scouts make huge money. I think you'd need to have a LOT of them before you're affecting the bottom line of an NHL team.

 

[93LEAFS]

Dunno about other small market teams, but the Jets have a pretty huge scouting network. Again, not my field of expertise but I can't imagine scouts make huge money. I think you'd need to have a LOT of them before you're affecting the bottom line of an NHL team.

There are more costs to the scout than actually employing them. I would assume a scout racks up a hell of a bill over an entire season, between hotel stays, flights, per diem (food expenses and such) and car rentals. That cost is probably significantly more than the scout's salary.

It's notable when the Sabres tried to cut costs in the mid-2000's, one of the first things they did was drastically reduce the scouting staff and tried to use video scouts.

I also would say, that it is very notable one of the cheapest/poorest teams in the NHL have one of the smallest staffs, and notably hired the Canucks Army/Draft cohort guys. If they can find guys through analytical analysis, they would significantly reduce their overhead.

The smallest scouting staffs in the league to the best of my knowledge are Carolina, Anaheim, Florida, NYI, Nashville, and Ottawa.

 

[klamla]

There are more costs to the scout than actually employing them. I would assume a scout racks up a hell of a bill over an entire season, between hotel stays, flights, per diem (food expenses and such) and car rentals. That cost is probably significantly more than the scout's salary.

It's notable when the Sabres tried to cut costs in the mid-2000's, one of the first things they did was drastically reduce the scouting staff and tried to use video scouts.

I also would say, that it is very notable one of the cheapest/poorest teams in the NHL have one of the smallest staffs, and notably hired the Canucks Army/Draft cohort guys. If they can find guys through analytical analysis, they would significantly reduce their overhead.

The smallest scouting staffs in the league to the best of my knowledge are Carolina, Anaheim, Florida, NYI, Nashville, and Ottawa.

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