Quoting: Shanesaw9
Random scouts? No, these are anonymous pro scouts.
Pro scouts have zero weight in terms of front office plans? Are you serious lol... the job of pro scouts it's to evaluate players and make recommendations to their GM. How many GM's in the league do you think started out as pro scouts? You think these scouts just live with their heads in the sand and don't think about the management side of things? Oh and what's worse is you're insinuating that you, an armchair GM'r like the rest of us, knows more than a pro scout because apparently pro scouts don't have a clue when it comes to managing a team. Just stop and think about that for a second, self reflect on it.
Lastly, you assuming these are just montreal scouts interviewd by LeBrun (that isn't the case) shows your clear bias, you will do anything to ignore these evaluations because they don't align with your opinion.
they are random scouts, they arent head or pro scouting, they are just 5 random scouts, their is no additional value of their opinions from one another, they are just random scouts.
are scouts telling the GM what they should give up in a trade? Give your head a shake man. Scouts say they like players, the GM takes that into consideration, they are the ones that make sure the cap and value makes sense, scouts are not in trade talks. Do you understand how minimal importance a scout has a terms of trade framework. They give analysis on the player, their skating, their IQ, their shot, their positioning etc, they arent saying Joe you should give up a 1sst and prospect for this player, I think hes worth that much.
"you will do anything to ignore these evaluations because they don't align with your opinion" you posting that is pretty ironic, do you realize you are doing the same, ignore 4 years of Prices decline and all the analytic data that teams have tracked on him, his decline is very much documented, and its not bc of the Defense in front of him, even with improved defensive play his poor numbers remained or got worse.