Scouting

[Razor Rex]

So how do you decide where to scout and for how long? Do you
go by what will give you points in the GM Tracker (BE A GM mode) or
do you have a different way?

I can't find any guides or even helpful hints about how to get the most out
of scouting so that I don't draft a bust.

So how do YOU do it? Any tips?

[YakCityGaming]

Quote: Originally Posted by Razor Rex

So how do you decide where to scout and for how long? Do you go by what will give you points in the GM Tracker (BE A GM mode) or do you have a different way? I can't find any guides or even helpful hints about how to get the most out of scouting so that I don't draft a bust. So how do YOU do it? Any tips?

For me, I draft out of areas that I know are hockey hot beds. often, I have found it best to scout the OHL and the Swedish league. Those produce the most prospects, so far as I have found!

[Inverarity]

In any given season of BEAGM, I go through a round of scouting just about everywhere; 1-2 weeks in each league, scouting each type of player. For example, 1-2 weeks scouting Forwards in the WHL, then 1-2 weeks scouting defensemen, then 1-2 weeks scouting goalies. I skip the places with no prospects. Then I review the prospects and any I want further information on, I scout further. That usually fills the season.

Hope that helps.

[Rumplebeanskin]

I tend to give it 2-3 weeks in anywhere that has a grouping of top talents. Mainly Canada, America, Sweden. I'll tend to look for players that I have a need for rather than look at everyone.

Tbh I find scouting pretty hit and miss. More often than not my scout comes back and says "I've finished that trip to the DEL" when I sent him off to the OHL in Canada, and nowhere near Germany.

It also frustrates me that you can't tell a scout to go look at specific players. Too many times I've got to the end of the season, and despite sending my scout to a league with a few top 5 players multiple times, he only ever made the effort to look at those studs once. Why??

[SH15]

My first priority is hitting things in my GM Checklist to earn points.

Then if no points are to be had, I go heavy on the 3 Canadian leagues forwards. 3 week trips. WHL - OHL - QMJHL and repeat.

This may change once my scout gets better (halfway thru Year 1, needless to say my scout isn't great right now!)