{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/64f5428d748a04001154cfaa/657a192e3d9b3700170d56ea?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"On Draft Day","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/64f5428d748a04001154cfaa/1702500444618-a0bbb764a359fd934e9cdfa180d35338.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Doug is a former Ice Hockey Head Coach, GM, and sportscaster and he has just written a terrific new book called <a href=\"https://amzn.asia/d/fIgqC6C\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Draft Day: How Hockey Teams Pick Winners or Get Left Behind.</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Doug is a great story teller and some of the highlights of our discussion were;</p><p><br></p><ul><li>The importance of scouting staff, and how in Hockey they have to cover Canada, the USA. And key parts of Europe like Czech, Slovenia, Slovakia, Sweden, Finland and Russia.</li><li>&nbsp;How he talks about the tension between scouting and analytics, and describes analytics as the salt and pepper you put on your meal.</li><li>&nbsp;The way he talks about trading for the future, not the past.</li></ul><p>&nbsp;</p><p>And the story he tells about his biggest draft mistake and how it ended up costing him personally 30 million.</p><p><br></p><p>If you have any comments or feedback you can reach us at <a href=\"paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">paul@thegreatcoachespodcast.com</a></p>","author_name":"Paul Barnett & Jim Woolfrey"}