Brawndo Posted June 27, 2017 Author Report Posted June 27, 2017 He was the head pro scout, no? Yes Per Paul Hamilton With Pro Scout Jon Christiano no longer with the Sabres I took a look at the Team Directory. It appears Pro Scout Jim Kovachik is also gone On the amateur side, Keith Hendrickson, Brandon Jay and Kevin Prendergast have departed. Quote
Brawndo Posted June 28, 2017 Author Report Posted June 28, 2017 Reportedly Randy Cunneyworth released as well. Per Hamilton Quote
Brawndo Posted June 30, 2017 Author Report Posted June 30, 2017 Another Front Office Move per Bill Hoppe The #Sabres have let go of Yuri Khmylev, another longtime scout and one of the most underrated players the team ever had. #Buffalo Quote
ubkev Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 Daaaang I'm sorry for your loss. Good! Can the whole scouting department. And Kevin Devine too. Too many drafts and too few hits. Maybe it just seems that way to me. We all know that I don't do research. I just feel like after the first round, we've been getting nothing. I'm probably wrong, but that won't stop me. Just think of me as the loud guy in the bar. Quote
dudacek Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 OK, this one hurts. So anyone else get the feeling JBot has spent most of his evenings reading a decade worth of scouting reports and saying "too many misses, too few hits?" Quote
TrueBlueGED Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 OK, this one hurts. So anyone else get the feeling JBot has spent most of his evenings reading a decade worth of scouting reports and saying "too many misses, too few hits?" Maybe, but is scouting turnover really unusual with a GM change? Seems pretty standard. Quote
dudacek Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 Maybe, but is scouting turnover really unusual with a GM change? Seems pretty standard. Probably. And I'm probably projecting. But I just get the sense that loyalty and "my guys" hold a lot of sway in the scouting ranks and Botterill pulled out his spread sheets and said "not any more." I'm also betting that Pegula is giving him the green light to start poaching scouts that look good on his spread sheets with some big contracts. Quote
Thorner Posted June 30, 2017 Report Posted June 30, 2017 As far as we know, the rest of our Amatuer scouts are still employed, right? Quote
Brawndo Posted August 8, 2017 Author Report Posted August 8, 2017 New scouts added to the Sabres Staff Scott Halpenny, former director of scouting for the Erie Otters takes over as the Ontario Regional Scout for Buffalo. And Tom O'Connor formally with NHL Center Scouting and Lawrence Academy, will be an amateur scout Halpenny got the most props on Twitter Quote
shrader Posted August 8, 2017 Report Posted August 8, 2017 Scouting for a junior team has to be an awkward job, hanging around pre-teens constantly. Quote
LGR4GM Posted August 8, 2017 Report Posted August 8, 2017 Scouting for a junior team has to be an awkward job, hanging around pre-teens constantly. Quote
shrader Posted August 8, 2017 Report Posted August 8, 2017 Change the line to "middle school girls" though for the junior hockey scout Quote
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