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I haven’t seen either play in their respective leagues. I’ve only seen their wjc play. So I can’t see why they would pick jarventie over peterka. But again I acknowledge that’s my limited viewings.I actually wanted Peterka too, but I can definitely see why Dorion and the scouts passed on him for Jarventie. In fact I would wager that it was probably a close debate between Dorion, Mann and the scouts deliberating between Peterka and Jarventie, and who knows if Dorion got his guy or put his faith in the scouts (or vice versa)?
In my opinion I thought we would go Peterka at 28, meaning we could still have had Jarventie at 33, so the real debate is going to be the one that takes place once we have a good read on the type of player Greig is.
This game needs more beniers
Don’t even think stone was invitedDid Mark Stone even make the roster for Canada in his first year of eligibility? Roby is most definitely a bust but just for some context
That has nothing much to do with their argument. Their argument is not that Dorion & Co are right, but that we have no reason to believe that performance at the WJC, (e.x) Scouching, Wheeler, or the scouts of Bob McKenzie have particularly strong predictive power - especially in these strange times. More succinctly, their point would be that judging who will have the best draft on who has the best players 1 day or 6 months out is not an effective strategy, unless your goal is instant gratification.
The original poster made a claim that some people seek instant gratification of popular names instead of trusting the scouts. The tone of the sentence implied that trusting the scouts was the superior option. I am curious if someone can actually explain why? Is there an old data set I can look at from prior years that shows that our picks are better than the instant gratification popular names? More generally, why should I trust the scouts at all? You just claimed that I have no reason to believe Bob McKenzie's scouts have strong predictive power, and his scouts are NHL scouts, so they belong to the same subset of scouts as our scouts.
I do not care about WJC performance. With that being said, on this board, I do see a lot of people saying "trust the scouts" or some variant, and I am wondering why I should do that? What is the evidence?
How could anyone think Rossi,
perf, or Quinn was better than Lundell? Kids a stud, just pick pocketed Sanderson.
Lundell is a man amongst boys.How could anyone think Rossi,
perf, or Quinn was better than Lundell? Kids a stud, just pick pocketed Sanderson.
You will have to find someone making that argument if you want an answer
The original poster made a claim that some people seek instant gratification of popular names instead of trusting the scouts. The tone of the sentence implied that trusting the scouts was the superior option. I am curious if someone can actually explain why? Is there an old data set I can look at from prior years that shows that our picks are better than the instant gratification popular names? More generally, why should I trust the scouts at all? You just claimed that I have no reason to believe Bob McKenzie's scouts have strong predictive power, and his scouts are NHL scouts, so they belong to the same subset of scouts as our scouts.
I do not care about WJC performance. With that being said, on this board, I do see a lot of people saying "trust the scouts" or some variant, and I am wondering why I should do that? What is the evidence?
How could they? By watching them over an entire season and not one tournament.
How could they? By watching them over an entire season and not one tournament.
Wow, genius insight, thanks.
Lol, what do you want me to say? I'm not saying you should just trust the scouts. No one did, as far as I saw. Why would I argue it with you?
Thought it was at first, almost entirely due to wishful thinkingWish it was sandy
He's incredible. Will have a huge impact when he gets here.It is hard to get a feel for Sanderson. Has a ways to go offensively/hands. Obviously skating is impressive.
It is hard to get a feel for Sanderson. Has a ways to go offensively/hands. Obviously skating is impressive.
To be fair. All these American left shots look the exact same.Thought it was at first, almost entirely due to wishful thinking