If there’s one thing that’s simultaneously fascinating and frustrating about the run-up to the National Hockey League’s trade deadline, it’s the attention paid to scouting lists at every game. Most of the time, they don’t matter one bit. But if you’ve been following Twitter over the past two weeks, one constant has popped up in many of the scouting lists: the Calgary Flames have people at just about every single Ottawa Senators game.
What’s happening?
For some background, the Flames brought in all their pro scouts for a family meeting prior to the Flames’ game with Winnipeg on Jan.