Mike Remmerde
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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.
Let Red Line Report speak for itself (re: what our job is). You're engaging in wild speculation here.
We do not rank purely on skill. Nor do NHL scouting staffs. That is not a recipe for successful drafts. I won’t go into what I consider obvious detail about other factors, but subscribers have read our detailed opinions about Schremp in our monthly issues (not the USA Today excepts).
We are not in the prediction business (with respect to slotting players correctly in our rankings vs. actual draft position). We clearly state this every June in our Draft Guide. Likewise, no two NHL teams will have even moderately similar draft lists from top to bottom.
Trying to play Draft Day Fortune Teller might be an interesting academic exercise, but our customers (particularly NHL teams) place more value in our staff offering independent, unreserved opinions (based on our staff's viewings) of players.
We know Schremp will likely go higher than we have him. Some team will overlook his faults. We're just of the opinion that the character of players is a key ingredient for building contending team through the draft. If you disregard character at the draft table, you might have a roster full of Alexei Yashins, but you probably aren’t going to have any Stanley Cup rings.
[It's also important to point out that Schremp is #13 on our list, not 30, or 300, as some people have speculated.]
Mike Remmerde
Red Line Report