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Originally Posted by IvanIvanovich
I'm sorry but that's baloney!
In the USA and Canada every single junior and college and AHL game is televised.
If a competitor drops their rights to a prospect, how do you expect any manager to get an up to date assessment of this player by setting up scouts in ADVANCE?
I'm basing my wants on what a manager would do in real life and asking for a video review by his scouts is EXACTLY what he would do!
This isn't about ONLY trades it's also about waivers (24-48-96) hours, and quick decision on or close to transfer deadlines.
I reiterate what I've been saying for a long time; The weakest part of this managing game is the managing part.
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Players have the puck on their sticks on average for 0.2 percent of a game, and 8 seconds per game...these are facts that the OMHA provides. That makes scouting from watching broadcast of games rather complicated as more often than not you do not have the player in question in view.
Sure there are video departments with NHL teams, but they are not judging other players on other teams based on that, and when they do, it does not carry much weight. When a scout is watching a game, he is watching a particular player constantly...seeing where he goes with the puck, without the puck, watching his skating stride, backchecking, etc etc. This cannot be done effectively with a basic broadcast of a game. NHL Video departments have limitations but are for showing their team and individual errors for strategizing and player improvement.
A broadcast of a european, junior, or pro game might get a GMs attention to send a scout to watch a particular player - in other words, get a player on his radar, but they would never sign a player based on that alone.