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Old 04-28-2016, 01:15 PM   #51
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Agreed that there isn't enough players in the NCAA to have a guy who just watches that. But to suggest they've missed Thompson is preposterous. They would have seen him the year before at the US NDTP which is heavily scouted. So heading into this year they were certainly aware of him and would've arranged some viewings unless they had already decided they had no interest in him which seems unlikely.

I mean the Flames don't have a guy who scouts Quebec prep high school and yet somehow we drafted a guy in the 1st round who went there. Pretty easy matter to get our USHL scout to go check out a couple college games. We're not talking about a kid playing in some obscure European league that nobody watches. College is in North America and quite easy to get scouts to. We've drafted from far more obscure places so I don't think you should be doubting the Flames ability to scout a league that has easy access.

Tod Button is in charge for covering everybody so to suggest they haven't scouted a potential 1st/2nd rounder is basically accusing the staff of being incompetent and they certainly aren't.

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