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Originally Posted by cral12
See Brock Otten tweets in OP.
Otten (McKeen scout) states closer to Alex Goligoski/Nick Leddy than Adam Fox.
I'm excited for Hunter Bruce/Brewski, but let's keep it real.
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The only issue I have with scouts (no offence intended) is that if they were so good at their job, they would be able to pretty accurately identify all the stud NHL players from Rounds 2 onwards. They have a pretty ordinary hit rate in the 1st round as well.
This is where modelling comes in I believe. Comparing a set of data for that player in that year vs those similar players at their respective points in time.
To say that some McKeen scout likens him to Alex Goligoski/Nick Leddy rather than Adam Fox is a poor assessment because you would also need to identify what that certain scout's perspective was on Adam Fox at that point in his development and I can assure you that no one was calling him a Norris Trophy capable 1D.
At this point in his development- Hunter Brewman is modelling at the same level as Adam Fox, Quinn Hughes etc. so until he falls off that trajectory, I think that's what we should hope for! Keeps things exciting!
Why are we downplaying a junior player having a historic season in his league in D+1 year?