Is it better to have a great Pro Scouting department or a great Amateur/Draft Scouting department?

[x Tame Impala]

If you have to choose one, which would you say is the bigger contributor to team success? Is it more viable/realistic to build your team through the draft or to use your draft picks for savvy trades getting back proven NHLers?

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[biturbo19]

Really, you need both or to get really lucky on some things, or you're not going anywhere. But i'd lean toward Amateur Scouting being more important. That's where you're going to get your "core players" at key positions. The guys you really build around. The Pro Scouting element is really just about putting in place the right supporting cast, and in a lot of cases...it's just about avoiding the huge mistakes that hamstring your Cap flexibility.