Chicago Blackhawks Top-10 Prospects

Chicago Blackhawks Top-10 Prospects

Hello everyone and welcome to hockey prospects.com YouTube channel. I am Jeron Bilby and I’m joined by as always Brad Allen and Brad we have a new team uh that we’re going to take a look at their prospect pool uh today uh the Chicago Blackhawks. Um, so let’s um maybe Brad uh maybe a first look at the Chicago uh prospect pool. It’s a it’s a massive one. We’re we only doing a top 10, but there’s other guys that didn’t make the top 10 that, you know, we actually like really really really like as prospects. Uh and we’re going to talk about some of those guys a bit later. So, let’s just um take a look here at the top 10 that we have here. Um, it’s a very strong top 10. Probably the best top 10 we’ve seen so far in the in the in the teams that we have done so far. Uh, maybe your first take on on the Blackhawks uh, you know, pro prospect pool uh, overall, but like mostly like the that top 10 here looks pretty pretty exciting if you’re a Blackhawk fans. Yeah, they’re absolutely stacked. Um the the big takeaways are that they love drafting genetic freaks and very fast players. That would be the main takeaway I would have with their draft philosophy. Uh the other would be that there’s no small defenseman in their system. No, the only one they recently drafted from the previous regime bombed out. So I would be surprised if that changed uh at all. So with that exception, like yeah, they have a ton of scoring talent, phenomenal back end coming in. That kind of reminds me a bit of what Anaheim’s trying to do where I I guess they, you know, they have an embarrassment of riches on the back end coming in and that allows them to find out as quickly as possible which one is going to be their true power play one, power play two, and then they can trade the rest for more assets. Um, depending on the type of D, obviously like if Kevin Kchinsky can’t pan out and be a power play option, then obviously he becomes tradable for a team that uh needs a power play quarterback. Yeah. Yeah. I mean, he’s the small he’s the smallest D on on on the on the list here. Um, so yeah, by a lot. Yeah, he’s a bit like he’s, you know, the frame is nowhere near Leov or uh Del Mastros or Renzel. No, no world. Yeah. Yeah. Um, so like when we made the list, just to maybe like a inside baseball thing for people at home, um, I think we had some pretty good argument for Renzo and Fondell at number one. Um, I think we we went with Renzo because uh, I mean, he’s proving at the NHL level that he’s already pretty good. He finished, you know, really well last year and, um, you know, as we’re recording, I just watched his first game. Um, played the most minutes of of any, you know, defenseman on the team, actually, any any forward, any players, actually. So, um, and then Fondell, I I think if we I mean, he’s a tough one because he’s having like success in ACHL right now. um he’s back on the wing on the on the second line with George Gordon. Um if we’re I think more convinced that he’s a stander at the NHL level. Um maybe it’s a different discussion. Um but that was a that’s a really close one. You can go either way, I think, on on those two. That was a that was a pretty pretty close call here on those two. I think anyone can do a top 10 ranking of the Blackhawks. And if they have Fondal number one, we’re not going to argue with it because we were big Anton Frontal’s fans last year and we were pretty patient with him. Like he had a a bit of a slow first half last season with the all the injuries, but um you know what he did in the second half um in the Al Vicins was pretty special. Based on last week, he’s off to a pretty good start in the SHL. Um so maybe um if you look maybe at the you mentioned the decor Brad um so Renzo is doing you know um doing well at the NHL level it’s been a bit of a it and miss with him I think there’s a there’s there’s more work to be uh to be done with him um I think he’s going to need more time like I know he’s with the Blackhawks right now but I think he’s he needs a bit more seasoning. Um maybe in the AHL as you mentioned Kochinski. Kinski is a bit of the I don’t know if it’s the wild card is the the right term here, but you know with how much Renzel improve in the in the past two years and now he’s going to be a power play guy. He is a power play guy right now at the NHL level. You know, that’s one less spot for Kchinsky to take uh with the Blackhawks. And then you know if um Lefchinov becomes like the second power play guy it just becomes a bit difficult for Korchinsky to really uh find his place uh on the on the Blackhawks in the future. Um so like I I think maybe he could be somewhat of a trade target trade uh option for the Blackhawks uh down the road. So we’ll see. Um, I’m sure he has still pretty good value around around the league, but you know, you have a a guy that you pick in the top 10. Made the NHL at 19 and then went back in the American Hockey League last season and, you know, now he’s back in in the American Hockey League for his second I mean technically third pro year. That’s that’s to me sends a little signal that maybe the development is not going as you know smoothly as uh maybe some people expected um out of Kchinsky. I think Del Mastro is incredibly underrated. Um like he’s it’s funny like his production went down last year in the American Hockey League. A lot of it was because he lost his his power play uh ice time to left, but he’s Yeah, I think he’s just a really solid, you know, option to be a top 40 D at the NHL level. He’s big, he moves well, he defends well, and I think he’s offensively that would not be his job, but I think he’s a bit underrated. I think he can do some some nice things offensively, uh, moving pugs and, uh, and also he can really he can really shoot the pug. So, um, and maybe last one I will I’ll mention before Brad, I’ll I’ll let you uh maybe talk about more guys here. Uh, Vaklav Nestil, he was one of my fave uh, from last year. Uh, you mentioned Chicago likes to draft those huge uh, unicorn type prospect. I mean, he’s one of them. 66. Um, he’s still raw. Um, he’s just he’s just starting his his NCA career. I saw he score uh a goal over the weekend. Good playmaking skills with that player. Also, he’s a really really physical player and um he’s only I think he’s only scratching the surface of his of his potential and maybe in two three years the blocks have like a real nice you know third line player maybe middle six that can be like a a difference maker um come you know maybe playoff I don’t know if the Blackhawks are going to be in the playoff you know role in in two three years, but they’re getting there. Um, they have some some young younger guys. Uh, and I think Nester will be a a key player for the Blackhawks when they are a playoff team. Um, Brad, any other guys from the top 10? Maybe you want to quickly uh talk about um because we we going to touch about some guys that are not are not even in the top 10. But just before we we wrap up that top 10, maybe a few a few words on on some guys. I know you you have uh mentioned to me about Nick Hardis a lot last year because he was on a he couldn’t he couldn’t do anything wrong basically last year in the OHL score 70 plus goals. So I’m sure he’s one of the guy maybe you want to you want to touch here. Well he’s close to my heart. We have the same hairdresser somehow. So um so Lordis is uh the wild card for me offensively. You mentioned Kchinsky is the wild card defensively. Uh Lordis would be the wild card offensively because if he hits it really changes dynamic the dynamic of the top nine long term because he can offer some phenomenal primary scoring. Um obviously a bit more raw um not a big kid and needs a ton of work when it comes to understanding the defensive side of the game and having a secondary component to him so he’s not just a scorer. Uh but I mean the way he scores goals it’s I mean what do he have 75 goals total last season with the playoffs included something like that. It was ridiculous. Yeah, it was absolutely ridiculous how many goals he scored. So uh very interesting prospect long term. I feel like Chicago’s development staff does a very good job of helping their prospects physically develop which is like one of the massive hurdles for him. So that helps. Um so couple other things. So I know for some of you Renzo might be too high. The reason we have him one is twofold. The first is that his development curve is absolutely ballistic. If you saw him when we did in high school, you would never believe he’s this far advanced. Like mad testimony, like testament to the kid. Um I have talked to the director of scouting in Chicago about his development. I remember when he first got to college, he mentioned to me um that the kid is an absolute physical specimen and his family are a bunch of physical specimens that know how to get each other in ludicrous shape. So, it’s one of those situations where uh he’s surrounded by people that could really help his his fill in his toolkit form. And that’s what’s happening. Like the the kid’s uh uh specimen looks like Omega Red on the ice. So, uh it’s one of those situations where um that plays a factor for us. The other is that he is that looking like that number one coveted defenseman. If Fondell ends up a winger, there’s plus value there because of the position. So those those are two primary reasons. Fondell, we still don’t know if he’s actually going to end up a center in the NHL. And uh the development curve with Renzo, we know where Fondo, we don’t and that’s not Fondell’s fault. Now that said, if we’re going to talk about curves, we expected Fondell to eat up the SHL this season so far, and it’s very early, but he was doing better than Elias Patterson at the same age at this stage in the SHL. Now, Patterson exploded around game seven, game eight in the SHL. That’s when he exploded with Vaxo, took off and beat Nick Bram’s uh records there in the SHL for his age category. So, I I would be surprised if Fondell did that. But if he even comes close, then Chicago really knows what they have on their hands and it will give um it will give everybody that are the fan of the Blackhawks something to look really forward to because it’s very difficult for a true 18-year-old uh to put up more than point per game in the SHL. That is an incredibly rare feat. It is uh really it I don’t I don’t I can’t remember the last prospect to really miss Derome out of the SHL that’s done that. Oh, do you want David Runblad? Ottawa’s defensive prospect would be the last one. Runblad was like considered uber levels coming in because of what he did in the SHL. It didn’t pan out for him. Um, but forward-wise, I legitimately can’t remember the last like elite level 18, 19 year old made the SHL didn’t become a high-end star player in the NHL. Um, Leov, so you know, we were a bit down further on this defenseman than Chicago was. We had Zeve Boom in our three slot and obviously he went to uh Chicago uh at number two overall. So they’re extremely high on him um where we had him 10th. So you we like this prospect, but I I’ll say this, I really really thought that he should have stayed back one more year for college. I think they rush him in the AHL. And like don’t get me wrong, I get it because uh this is a prospect we had watched in Belarus Fischia in his minus two season. So, we had a a pretty good idea of what he looked like. One thing about this kid was he was basically like a Mike Tyson. Like, he was completely physically developed at 15. It’s super rare, weird to look at. Um, I always felt like he has stagnated offensively since then. I remember when he was 15, I thought he was going to end up a big version of Kell Mar. Yeah. I thought he was actually going to be unstoppable. Like, I could not believe what I was watching that league at that time. Um, but he he honestly kind of capped his ceiling capped a bit earlier than I expected offensively in college. And so, yeah, I really thought that they should have kept him back, but they didn’t. They continue to accelerate him. And, uh, we’ll see. I mean, we’ll see what happens here. Um, it could end up a Kchinsky situation where he was rushed. Kchinsky was rushed. They had to pull him back, put him back in the AHL. I’m a bit worried that might happen to Levino as well because with Levino, it’s not a physical issue. It never has been. the I mean the kid ate his own umbilical cord coming out of the womb. It’s not that’s not his issue. The issue is that his processing rates uh are nowhere near at the level of um say like Z boom who was drafted after him. So it’s one of those things where Zeve coming in I expect him to just take off and look the part for Minnesota where Lechinov because the processing rates are lagging a bit I would have wanted to give him more time so that he could try to adapt better to the pace of play. He was um I just Yeah, I just want to mention like even in his draft year in college and one reason we were a bit concerned about him first he reaches highest level a bit too soon like you mentioned Brad like and the the second thing was very inconsistent in his in his draft year like what you had games where he was not physical at all and then you watch other games where he looks like the second coming of Scott Stevens and then offensively some games he looked looks pretty good and other games he looks very passive. So all of this put together it was a bit of a concern for us that you know he went um that high in a draft and you know now we’re what two years two years after that draft. Um looks like uh you know we possibly were we’re were right about about this one. Um, you mentioned also how Chicago love drafting fast player. I mean, Oliver Moore and Nick Largest backtoback in our list. Yeah, Moore’s fast. More is really fast. I mean, so I know I’m sure for some of you looking at this, you’re like, Moore is way too low. Um, we would disagree and we always have. We’ve never been that high on this prospect relative to most of the industry. uh he just doesn’t process his so his his um his adaptive processing so his ability to adapt in real time with the puck at full speed is just not that good. It never really has been. Um and as a result of that like he’s never really optimized his play in transition. So he’ll get a tremendous amount of opportunities to create offense, but then he doesn’t create half the offense he theoretically could if his execution rates were higher. So you’re looking more like a Michael Grappner situation for us than say like um you know like one of the like a McKinnon McDavid style where like they can just process at that top speed that Moore doesn’t fall into that category. Um that said he’s still useful. He still has ridiculous speed. He still is dangerous off a rush. He can still pass a puck and uh he’ll play. Like I I can’t imagine a world where he doesn’t play. Brings a lot of energy and um the skating is world class. So, um, you know, he’ll be very dangerous. If they can turn him into like a penalty kill specialist room, keep him in the top nine. That could be extremely useful. Every time every time I see a really fast player, I’m like I think of Paul Byron, how good Paul Byron was on a PK. And I think I think more and largest I mean, Laris became like an insane goal scorer in junior, but in his draft year, I I didn’t really see it come. I didn’t really see that coming. Uh, I thought he’d be more of like a third line uh, highend PK guy with his speed and and and you know, asso. Um, so we’ll see how he they both turn out in the pro. They’re both going to play in the AHL this season. So, it’s going to be interesting to see how they progress over the next few months. Um, but they definitely can skate. That’s not no issue about skating with those two. They might be two of the most like the best scaling um prospect on the planet. Basically, they they can really go. Um Oh, yeah. Absolutely. The big difference I would say between Jerome would be the um their ability to uh play the flank on a power play. Lordis is is the more dangerous option. Lordis has that one-time option that more doesn’t have at the same level. Um and then you got your power forwards there at the But so you got Vaner who we we love. We think he’s more like a hybrid power forward. um than a true one. And then Sasha Boy where he’s basically a Swiss Army knife center who does a whole lot of good things for you. Um and it’s it’s important. They’re important because it it really rounds out what’s going on here in the system. Uh Vaner I thought looked pretty good when he came back from his injury. um numbers didn’t pop, but I thought there was some performances that he was very good in when I was watching him um when we were scouting Jake O’Brien there where um he he like his his on ice product didn’t reflect the statline type of thing. Like he was he had a lot better impact than the numbers would have suggested. Um so should we we should hm it Jerome let’s let’s go over some honorable mentions here. I’ll I’ll start out the gate with uh just just before Brad uh just I want to mention this like because Bu went 18 in the draft. Uh Banaker went 27 in the draft which which is funny to us because we had the exact opposite. Um we reversed. Yeah, we we have we were more, you know, fans of of what Vaner Vaner brought to the table than than BVA. UVA uh can really shoot a puck. I’m not sold on on the playmaking um from him. So, can he be a Sandler at the NHL level? I’m I’m not sure. I’m I’m curious to see how he does this this year in college. Um he went from North Dakota to BEu B Boston Boston University, I believe. So, it’s going to be interesting to see. And um and you know Vaner his team Bmpton will be should be a really really good team this year in the OHL. So you know with Jacob Bryan um Yerich they they are stack um so it’s going to be fun to watch him this year and being LT uh all year long is you know going to be a key for him. So honor honorable mention Brad. Uh you maybe you want to start with your uh your Russian goalie that the Chicago took in the seventh round uh this past June. Sure. Yeah. Shout out to Dan Ellis there um who’s in goalending scout for them in charge of their goalending department I think. Don’t quote me on that. I’m pretty sure he is. Um, but I, you know, I’ve had conversations with Dan and we look at the position very similarly in the sense that from a philosophical perspective, the the the motto is there’s always a Russian. There’s always a darkhorse Russian. Got to go find him. Uh, unfortunately for me, I knew this goalie well and thought he was under, then didn’t go back to him last year. And that’s ironic because then he got drafted and I was like, uhoh. And I was like, oh, who drafted him? It was Dan Ellis. I was like, oh, here we go. So, I had to go watch him this off seasonason to see if I really missed. And uh sure enough, he was looking pretty darn good. The reason I was a bit lower on him is that he’s a blocking style goalie with pretty heavy weight transfers. But admittedly, last year they improved a lot and he does have like very good extension rates, very good external hipline for a bigger, thicker blocking style goalie. uh reminds me a lot of a Russian Yesper wallstead, which means like very intelligent, like dynamic thinker of the play, reads release points extremely well, knows how to create bait and trap saves, meaning he he’ll lead a shooter into a specific shot selection that gives him an advantage uh in high danger saves, which is very difficult for a goalie to do unless they’re very intelligent. That’s one of Walett’s gifts u and it’s one of uh Karski’s gifts. And the reason they need that is because their rate of recovery is reduced as a result of again those weight transfers. So, um I missed on him and I will make the argument he is right now the best seventh round pick in last year’s draft by a mile. Like not even close. He’s putting up shurken numbers in the VHL right now. Um now I believe he was a year older than when Shist Sturkin pulled it off. So, and I’m not saying he’s shurken in any capacity. He’s not very different goalie, but it it let’s put it this way. AKM Tula without him would not have won a game at all so far this season. They are not a good team. He’s the only reason they’ve won anything. And uh there’s tremendous potential here. Like if this kid can physically develop, which we talked about with the system, this is a very good staff at developing kids who are a bit underdeveloped. Um Karski, if if they can get him more explosive, get him quicker, get him leaned out a bit, if he can improve his weight transfers, you all might hear his name one day playing the NHL like, who in the heck is that? Where did this kid come from? Um, so excellent, excellent round pick by Chicago. They can be patient also with him. Um, you know, they have Spencer Knight uh with with the Blackhawk, so there’s no rush for, you know, any any of their goalies. Um, looks like they they they have like a really nice pick here in the seventh round. And, you know, in in recent years, it’s been really hard to find actual NHL in the, you know, six, seventh round. Uh I feel like scouting overall is getting much better like around around the NHL and it’s tough to find some some of those unknown uh you know prospect that you know um can slip all the way to the six seven round and and and end up you know in future years becoming NHLers. It’s a a lot less uh to in the last few years. You know, if you look in the history of the NHL draft, there’s there’s a lot, you know, you look at the from in the 90s or early 2000, there’s a lot of steel from from teams with guys in the six, seven round. Um, a lot less lately. So, maybe he’s one of the few that will actually uh, you know, make it. Um, we have a two other honor honorable mention here, Brad. Uh, Mason West, who was the first round pick. So, that’s out deep Chicago’s uh prospect pool is, you know, a first round pick and he’s not even in their top 10. Uh, well, you know, Mason West, what what’s interesting with him is that uh he has not played hockey this year so far. He’s playing football. Um, so that’s uh I mean it’s very very uh interesting and me personally if I was a you know management someone in the management with the Chicago Block Chicago Blackhawks I I’d be a bit scared like he’s one he’s one it away um on the football field from you know not playing hockey again. So, um, but he’s a he’s a we mentioned with Nestrasil, like he’s in the same mold. Uh, very, you know, unicorn like type player. Um, great athlete obviously, you know, being a quarterback in football, you know, watching him last year, Brad, like we we did mention that it was a bit mixed for us watching him in in high school. He was uh which is seems to be a recurring team with watching high school players. It’s really hard to scout. Uh but we got a a better sense of what he he was what he was and what he could become when we watch him in the US. Um so uh the Blackhawks took him 29 overall. We had him ranked 38. So, obviously the Blackhawks were, you know, bigger fan, you know, than than us, but he’s he’s a he’s a long-term project and I’m really really curious to see what he looks like on the ice in in two, three, four years. Um, you know, he’s going to play in Fargo in the USHL uh this season once his um once his uh football season is is done. Um, but you know, the the way he skates, how much, you know, physically stronger is is he he’s going to become in the next, you know, few years. It’s a very interesting pick by the Blackhawks. Um, and maybe the last one I can mention and one who’s doing really well in the KHL right now and someone would who would be ranked probably in the top 10 of most NHL teams is uh Roman Canerov. Um, I remember like, um, when he was drafted, you know, he’s a smaller guy and he’s not like the fastest skater. Um, and I remember like we knew Chicago love drafting, uh, fast player. And I didn’t think his skating was all that awesome for a 5 foot n player in his draft year. and you know he has improved a bit is skating uh since since uh since his draft year but um he’s he’s doing really good in the KHL right now. I think he’s over a point per game uh with this with his team. Um really um really interesting pick uh for the Blackhawks. Um he’s a smaller he’s a smaller guy like about 5’9 maybe 510. Um, so it’s going to be interesting how he’s going to adjust to uh the uh smaller highs uh the more physical game that that we have in in the NHL or even AHL if he goes there. Again, the Blackhawks are stacked prospect. He’s another one that has like legit chance of of being a NHLer. I mean, the Blackhawks have a lot of picks, so that tends to happen with teams that have a lot of picks. they tends to the more the more picks you have as a organization the better chance you have to find players. Um it’s a bit of um you know quantity over quality at at times but it it it does allow you to maybe take some risk at the at the draft when you have a lot of picks. you can, you know, maybe a Mason and West is a bit of a one of those situation where maybe if you don’t have a lot of picks, maybe you don’t take that chance uh with that player. So, um anyway, uh Brad, maybe you want to quickly touch on on those two and um that will, you know, that will that’s going to wrap up uh our look at the uh Chicago prospect pool here. Yeah. Well, uh, Canerov caught my eye, uh, in his minus one season when he was, um, uh, playing, uh, with Nikita Gbankin, uh, in the playoffs. Yeah. Um, and he was really good. Like, we thought for sure he was going to end up like in our top 30 40 and then, as Dro mentioned, like the explosiveness with the in the skating wasn’t there. And at 5’9, it’s like we didn’t want to take that chance. And then obviously, he’s taken off since. So that that’s one for us where if he really actually ends up playing, we might uh I might run it back a bit to see if there was any more indication within the skating would get there. Um but we always thought the talent level was very high. Like we always really appreciated the skill set of the player. The other one I’d say like I’m with you Jerome like you know drafts are all about risk assessment and what you’re going to do and it’s they had a ton of resources so why not swing on the Dean Lerno of this class which is what they did right this essentially you know the high school freaking nature that needs a ton of time in um in Mason West and the the one thing I’ll say about Mason West that was interesting to me was when you know when you’re hearing interviews about about these players I want to see their own assessment of them and see where they’re at. And I found Mason West to be opposite of what I thought of him. So, it’s interesting for me to see what he’ll look like developmentally because he basically said he was like a shoot first forward and like his primary skill was his shot and I would completely disagree with that. I think his shots incredibly inconsistent and I think he’s more of a primary playmaker. Um, so it’ll be interesting to see what happens with him long term. Um, but if he can get and I’m sure I mean I say if he can I’m sure he will. He’s a he’s a freak nature this kid. when he gets better stride depth and he’s he’s more stable on his skates, he’s going to be a ludicrous open ice skater and that will allow him to open up his game because he won’t have to think at the same rate as some of these other kids on the ice because admittedly like he is raw. Like some of his backhand playmaking rates are all over the map. Uh his execution rates net front were really bad in the US. That’s why he wasn’t scoring. Um so it’s one of those situations where we’ll see if he fully commits to hockey finally after the season. Maybe we’ll get a a different version than what we’ve seen. Yeah, it’s it’s I mean the I think his UCL viewing gave gave me hope uh a lot more than the the high school games that I saw. Uh but still a lot of work, you know, needs to happen. That’s why we didn’t rank him in the top 32. We we we we were intrigued by the by the prospect and the potential that he is, but it was a bit too risky for us. um from what we saw in the USL to put him, you know, top 32, but obviously, you know, we add in 38, so it’s not like it was a crazy uh crazy difference. I think Chicago fans will need to be patient with that one. Um it’s going to take a few years, a bit like a bit like what what we mentioned with Den Lo uh in the Boston video where it’s it’s going to take some time. you you need to be patient with those 66 uh you know power power forward. There’s a lot of uh lot of work that needs to happen uh for him to reach the NHL. So uh that’s going to wrap up the uh Chicago Blackhawks uh I guess recap of their prospect pool and their top 10. Thanks everyone for watching and uh stay tuned. We’re going to have more video coming up on the on the YouTube channel. Uh the next team that we’re going to take a look is the Colorado Avalanche. 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We scout many facets of the game including: Hockey Sense, Compete, Skill, Skating and all that is included in those facets of the game.

Experience;
HockeyProspect.com has been scouting prospects since 2004. We have proven track record of success. This has led to a high level of credibility with staff members from teams in the NHL and junior leagues. Our Independent Scouting Service is experienced in talent evaluation and has earned the respect of hockey decision makers. It’s quite simple, we assist teams ability to scout more effectively.

Objectivity and Independence:
We have no hidden agendas behind our scouting reports or draft rankings. When you read one of our publications, you can be confident that it hasn’t been slanted for anyone’s benefit, nor do we speak in a covert fashion for any agents or agencies. While we have received numerous accolades from NHL, OHL and QMJHL representatives for the quality of our work over the years, we are in nobody’s pocket. We are true to our private contract clients, our subscribers and ourselves.

The NHL Way:
We are in the rinks with the NHL team scouts. Our scouts attend multiple games in person every week. That’s one of the many reasons we’ve built up credibility with NHL and Junior teams. It’s also one of the reasons teams value our service. We don’t pretend to be at games, we atend games. We do the job the way NHL and Junior teams do it. In fact, sometimes we even travel with NHL team scouts.

HockeyProspect.com spends the funds needed to travel to see the prospects. Seeing prospects play live in person is an integral component of our evaluations. This enables us to provide our customers with the highest level of scouting analysis.

We will use game film to allow us to view some players overseas and to allow for extra viewings of players like NHL teams do, but we believe there is no substitution to seeing players play live as often as possible.

We are a Team
Just like an NHL teams scouting staff, our Independent Scouting Service is not a one-man show. We have several scouts who have been with us for many years. Each scout brings slightly different forms of analysis to the table. With years of experience, we are able to provide higher quality products that would not be possible otherwise.

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