"No matter how many scouts are involved, how many dollars spent or kilometres travelled scouring this Earth, most National Hockey League general managers will tell you this: The evaluation of fresh, new talent is an inexact science, making the NHL Entry Draft a bit of a guessing game at times. For every Winnipeg Jets' first-round future star like Dale Hawerchuk and Dave Babych, there were busts like Jimmy Mann and Sergei Bautin. And for every first-rounder who crumbled under the weight of expectation, there were steals -- Brian Mullen and Nik Khabibulin, drafted in the seventh and ninth rounds, for example -- who carved out solid NHL careers." Read more: http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/hockey/jets/time-for-an-in-depth-look-158399515.html
