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dammage79 · 07-09-2021, 04:43 PM

Listened to the Firestarter podcast today. They did a full bit with Tod Button.

My takes from what said are this:

Big Swedish crop this year.

Over scouted USHL/NCAA personally because he's a dual citizen, has a normal non covid era read on those players in those leagues.

OHL will be really under represented in the 1st round. 2nd round picks are going to be extremely valuable. He intimated that they have a pretty exciting list beyond round 1.

He sees the ledges as top 8. Then 9 to 16. Also said it's going to be wide open after the top 6 though.

Wallstedt is on the radar.

A lot of WHL candidates are being ranked on two years ago and using this shortened season to fill in some progression data.

Tod got suuuper sick of watching video.

He pointed out their Euro scouts as doing a ton of great work this year.

A bunch more but I got busy.

No big take aways but I think with their data set they're looking at swedes and Americans.

07-09-2021, 04:43 PM	#1608
dammage79 Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Calgary Exp:	Listened to the Firestarter podcast today. They did a full bit with Tod Button. My takes from what said are this: Big Swedish crop this year. Over scouted USHL/NCAA personally because he's a dual citizen, has a normal non covid era read on those players in those leagues. OHL will be really under represented in the 1st round. 2nd round picks are going to be extremely valuable. He intimated that they have a pretty exciting list beyond round 1. He sees the ledges as top 8. Then 9 to 16. Also said it's going to be wide open after the top 6 though. Wallstedt is on the radar. A lot of WHL candidates are being ranked on two years ago and using this shortened season to fill in some progression data. Tod got suuuper sick of watching video. He pointed out their Euro scouts as doing a ton of great work this year. A bunch more but I got busy. No big take aways but I think with their data set they're looking at swedes and Americans. Last edited by dammage79; 07-09-2021 at 04:49 PM.