moosefan said:
They are a scouting service along with CSB (a respected service at that), what they scout and put down has an affect on how people think towards talent. Their job is to put the most skilled guys in an order so people can have rankings, thats what they sell is their scouting ability. When they have a top 10 it is who they think are the top 10 talents in the draft, in which would include Robbie Schremp IMO, I find Redline made too much out of this incident and has to put it behind them. Fact is people buy his service and go to it to see who the top talents for the draft are and by leaving Robbie Schremp off I think is just making them look bad anyway, because there is no way Schremp falls out of top ten.
It isn't always about the talent, though. The road to prospect hell is paved with a lot of talented players who lacked the character, maturity and desire to play at the highest level. Like it or not, Schremp's attitude and questionable character have sent up a red flag, and you are being a little naive if you think that Red Line are the only ones who have picked up on this. Believe me, NHL scouts are talking- and based on what I've heard, Mr. Schremp hasn't exactly been an overwhelming success.
It is not beyond the realm of possibility to suppose that teams might be turned off by the way Schremp conducts himself. As someone mentioned earlier- Red Line isn't predicting a draft order...they are providing a list of players ranked in order of who they would pick if they were an NHL team. Who cares if they don't have Schremp rated in the top-10, anyway? They've acknowledged that he has the talent, but that they just don't like him if they are picking there. Their willingness to go against conventional thought and the over-hyped internet darlings and CSS aces is what makes them different. I say more power to 'em.
I've talked extensively with several NHL amateur scouting directors who have ALL said that character and attitude is an ever-increasing factor on where a team ranks a player. In Schremp's case, it may not stop a team picking seventh or eighth from rolling the dice on him, but a team inside the top-five will have to think very long and hard about investing a pick of that magnitude on a player with his reputation. It is not a stretch to say that Schremp will fall further than his talent would dictate he goes, and if you don't believe that, then go ask Patrick O'Sullivan about his draft experience.
Schremp will go high. Red Line doesn't debate that. But, what they are saying is if they were the NHL's 31st team, they wouldn't invest a top-10 pick on him. There is likely a team out there who *will* roll the dice, but harping on the fact that they aren't is getting old. Disagree all you want, but it shows integrity for one to stand by their beliefs, rather than cave to popular opinion.
