John Chayka

And but same time, that's why you have to have a good staff and empower them to do a good job.

Yeah, sure.

I think it's just any business evolves, you know, new technologies come out and you evolve your process.

I think that one of the challenges of scouting is, and especially in hockey specifically, just have this massive player pool across, you know, different continents.

And so, you know, if you're one person trying to get a good feel for the entire drafts, it's almost impossible to get a good sample size.

You know, you can do it and you can see everybody, but I think it's a bit of a supplement and, you know, how can you,

uh you know use data use video use it you know in person experiences um just get the fullest picture possible and like i said even after you've done all of that uh it's a very challenging decision to make um and you're trying to blend all these things in a in a really artistic way as opposed to just being pure science but i think i think anyone that's gone through it and done it has got the humility to understand that

So viewings are helpful and certainly being live and feeling it and seeing stuff away from the puck brings a lot to the table.

But if you're also just trying to make sure that you're not missing anything and seeing players in different segments of the season or against different competition, supplementing some of those viewings can be really valuable.

Yeah, I mean, my approach and my view is, as you guys know, as well as I do or better, like, it's just really hard to win in the National Hockey League.

There's a ton of really smart people doing great work, lots of experience.

They've got a lot of knowledge.

And so you're always trying to find an edge, an advantage, something different, you know, not trying to play the exact same game as everybody else and just hope the ping pong balls hit every year for you.

you know, what can you do that's different that kind of gives you a right to win?

And, you know, look with my background and some of the things I've experiences I've had, you know, I feel like I've got a lot of experience in the data side.

And, you know, having said that, I think no matter what your background experience is,

you have to be cognizant of not over-indexing to something or under-indexing in another way.

So for me, it's just, I really believe in the power of the room, like I've said before.

I think, again, these are really hard decisions.

So if you get the best people around the table, put all the information on the table in terms of quantitative or qualitative evaluations,