Seattle’s scouts studying NHL with focus on expansion draft Globe_Sports
Ron Francis talks to reporters in Seattle after he was introduced as the first general manager for the city's NHL expansion team on July 18, 2019.John Goodwin had the honour of being the first and it was a bit unnerving.
While scouts from the other 31 franchises may be looking at another team’s power play or they way it rotates its lines, Seattle’s scouts are specifically looking at the players. How they play with the puck on their stick. How they interact with teammates on the bench. How they work on both ends of the ice.
“So as opposed to looking for a third-line left wing who is aggressive and can kill penalties, we’re looking for a player that can skate, be creative, has a good hockey sense. It’s not a specific role. Whereas I think with an existing franchise, a lot of times, not all the time, but a lot of times you’re looking for specific players that will fill a role.”
They also conducted a mock draft of the players they would like to see on the ice when Seattle plays that first game in October, 2021. Seattle’s primary goal for the first year is building the database of information that existing franchises already have in hand. Some of that info is readily available, but there are specific things Seattle is looking to build into its player profiles tied in with Mandrycky’s focus on analytics.
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