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Stu MacGregor is interviewed by us on Tuesday MacGregor discusses whether or not he's made his final decision - more in this interview with Dan TencerWhen Tambellini and MacGregor sit down at the draft table, there will be a ranked list of the top 150 prospects at their disposal. The position of every prospect in the rankings will have been debated numerous times by that point to ensure as accur football shirts ate a position as possible for each.MacGregor notes that the actual scouting process begins around the middle of summer.-The draft process for each particular year starts about August. The first big tournament of the year is the Ivan Hlinka Cup in Czech Republic and Slovakia,- he said. -The best players are playing for their particular national teams. We're able to assess them. We'll send two scou football shirts ts from North America and we'll have our European Scouts there as well.-Using 2010 as a specific example, the Ivan Hlinka tournament was one where Tyler Seguin in particular first caught notice of amateur scouts around the NHL.-That was his coming-out party to be very honest. He had a good 16-year-old year in the OHL but he really took his game forward from that point on.-Seguin had 10 points in f football shirts our games to help lead Team Canada to a Gold Medal.-We started a schedule to make sure we were viewing him as close as possible (after the tournament),- MacGregor remarked.Following the tournament, the schedule really starts to pick up for the scouts. In late August, plenty of European leagues open their schedules for the season followed in mid-September by Canadian Major Junior hockey.-We go into football shirts the junior league regular seasons, plus our European scouts follow the leagues over there in Europe. They also cross-over and see some of the pro games,- MacGregor said, noting that a lot of top European prospects are already playing pro - as Magnus Paajarvi-Svensson Oilers scouts gather around the table to discuss the top three picks for the 2009 NHL Entry Draft in Montreal. Related Multim football shirts edia: Stu MacGregor is interviewed Tuesday Oilers scouts go around the table in discussion of the 2009 NHL Entry Draft Oilers scouts gather in the war room in Ottawa prior to the 2008 draft football shirts
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