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Originally Posted by JiriHrdina
I think the main thing about Cervenka is that there was confusion over the position he played. Sounds like a lot of the confusion came from that fact that in some leagues offensive guys play centre in that zone, and then LW in the defensive zone.
So yeah that should have been caught by the scouts. But really who cares? Would that have prevented them from bringing him over to see if his offensive skills could translate? Probably not.
So hearing it brought up endlessly seems like over-reaction.
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I definitely think we should be scouting Europe with more effort (particularly central and eastern Europe). It seems to me just based on impressions I get from anecdotal evidence that Europe is still the best place to find obscure dark horses in any given draft.
I think the failure to properly scout Cervenka is a symptom of a larger problem with the past philosophy of this franchise.