It is said that scouting defensemen is far more difficult than scouting forwards, though both are easier than scouting goalies.
While a lot of what forward prospects are expected to do show up in boxscore stats such as goals, assists, points and shots, traditional stats do not properly quantify what it means to play sounds, projectable defense.
During my …
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