Brad Treliving on the challenges of 2021 NHL Draft scouting

Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving joined the Dean “Boomer” Molberg and the Sportsnet 960 The Fan morning show on Monday morning to discuss the team’s season and the run-up to next week’s trade deadline.

In response to a question from Rhett Warrener about scouting during the pandemic, Treliving outlined the challenges facing teams in the run-up to July’s entry draft.

It’s a real challenge. But that’s the biggest challenge of this year, is the amateur level. We’ve got a fairly large staff. But you’ve had different challenges in some cases. So you look at the OHL, they haven’t played this year. Now, some of those kids you’ve tracked them pretty hard. There’s a number of kids that…