This exactly + scouting sometimes IS lazy, especially in the NHL.
The biggest thing i have always wondered about the NHL, why does the scouting suck so much in the NHL?
it has always sucked, now i admit, i might use too harsh word; suck, but it shouldn't be at the level where it is at,
NHL is the best league in the world, the NHL teams scouting should be way better.
- NHL teams should hire more people, to actually go to see hockey games, all around the country and Europe as well
early days nobody couldn't care less travel to Europe (mostly), then it got better, then bad again, then better,
but this new generation with its easy access to everything, its advanced and analytic stats and what nots...
has downgraded the scouting again, made it lazy