Well we are lucky we won the McLotto because Hanifin would most likely have been our first pick in 2015 had we not won it.
It's called boredom, I think you're quite familiar with it
Disagree. Hockey sense is arguably the most important trait in a prospect, and the one that is the best predictor for how well a player can adapt to the NHL. It's not just an empty term, if you know what you're doing as a scout it's actually rather obvious most of the time how well a player processes the game. And it's usually not something that can be taught or improved upon much.
I think what you might be getting at however is that there is not really a standard definition on what hockey sense is or constitutes and that everyone sees it a bit differently, and also that it is a rather over-used term by pundits. A guy like Craig Button will basically call anyone he likes as someone who has excellent hockey sense, regardless if that's true or not.
"hockey sense" in itself, is a completely subjective term, and scouting reports are generally loaded with these. For sure what I'm getting at is that the nebulous term is not standardized, quantified, generally explained in any way.
I think better terms would be how the player "processes" the game as you say or how the player anticipates, follows system play, reads ice, etc. I want the terms to be more analytical, and more meaningful. Its lazy for scouts to be using such subjective terms. Considering that its their job to describe, differentiate, and define player play.
But I'll ad another D here, and that its that most hockey scouts are long on hockey, and short on dictum. Which is a seeming deficiency in their dictionary. More D's. heh
But it drives me nuts when people are paid to write scouting reports and they can barely express themselves in detail.
ps yes, I'm familiar with boredom or I wouldnt denote all this.
so my post gets a D!
I think I get an early Christmas present. Maybe not, could be lumps of coal.
