> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Scouting the NHL at the Trade Deadline - URL: https://www.pensionplanpuppets.com/maple-leafs-news-january-24-2012/ - Published: 2012-01-25T12:01:15.000Z - Updated: 2012-01-25T12:01:15.000Z - Author: Colin Odneal - Tags: From The Branches, #chorus, #Import 2023-04-05 11:27 The trade deadline is fast approaching, and that means looking at players who could be added to the Leafs to help their playoff push. On Monday's edition of the #MvsW podcast, John Ferguson Junior, the head of pro scouting for the [San Jose Sharks](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/teams/san-jose-sharks?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com), was asked by Jeff Marek :"What’s the one stat you value MOST as head pro scout of the Sharks?" JFJ stumbled around his words for a while before saying "Goals". Look everyone know that us here aren't anywhere near as good when it comes to evaluating talent as a man like John Ferguson Junior is. Aside from the box scores, he has something to judge we could never hope to have, a player's intangibles. So let's do a bit of role playing here. We're all JFJ and we need to evaluate some talent. What do we look for and how to we value different aspects of a player's game? Well I think in the eyes of a man like JFJ, a hockey player can be broken down thusly: ![Intangibles_medium](http://assets.sbnation.com/assets/893885/Intangibles_medium.png) Spot on don't you think? Links after the jump. **Leafs Links** [All Hail Mikhail](http://theleafsnation.com/2012/1/24/all-hail-mikhail-grabovski?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) PPP has the Zapruder film on the headshot that activated Grabbo's superskills as well as a look at his continued greatness. [The Brief Wonderous Life of Clark MacArthur](http://bluechipprospects.blogspot.com/2012/01/brief-wondrous-life-of-clarke-macarthur.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+BlueChipProspects+%28Blue+Chip+Prospects%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader) Do his two goals last night have any affect on his trade value? [Have the Maple Leafs Accomplished "The Drafting Goal"?](http://www.dirtydangle.com/2012/01/have-maple-leafs-accomplished-drafting.html?utm%5Fsource=feedburner&utm%5Fmedium=feed&utm%5Fcampaign=Feed%3A+DirtyDangle+%28Dirty+Dangle%29&utm%5Fcontent=Google+Reader) Dirty Dangle looks at 10 years of Leafs drafting. [Maple Leafs Sweep the Home and Home](http://www.fightingforstanley.ca/toronto/toronto-maple-leafs-sweep-the-home-and-home-against-the-islanders-4-3-overtime-victory-for-the-leafs/?utm%5Fsource=rss&utm%5Fmedium=rss&utm%5Fcampaign=toronto-maple-leafs-sweep-the-home-and-home-against-the-islanders-4-3-overtime-victory-for-the-leafs) Fighting for Stanley with a recap. [Grabovski's Four-Point Night Helps Leafs Dump Islander in Overtime](http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/grabovskis-four-point-night-helps-leafs-dump-islanders-in-overtime/article2313962/?utm%5Fmedium=Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm%5Fsource=Hockey&utm%5Fcontent=2313962) Game recap at the G&M. [Game 49 in 10](http://mapleleafshotstove.com/2012/01/24/game-in-10-game-49-leafs-at-isles/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) How is #4 not Grabbo's 4 points huh? HUH? [It's Alive!](http://5thlinecentre.wordpress.com/2012/01/24/its-alive/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) An open letter to [Jonas Gustavsson](http://www.sbnation.com/nhl/players/72169/jonas-gustavsson?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com). [Weighing the Options: Toronto Maple Leafs' Mikael Grabovski](http://thehockeywriters.com/weighing-the-options-toronto-maple-leafs-mikhail-grabovski/?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Three options for the pineapple hater. [Fresh Blood](http://theleafsnation.com/2012/1/24/fresh-blood?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Want a job writing hockey at Leafs Nation? Click on through. [Now the Leafs Can Enjoy the Break](http://vintageleafmemories.blogspot.com/2012/01/now-leafs-can-enjoy-break-loving-kessel.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) Mike from VLM loves Kessel on the Off Wing. **Other Links** [An Optimist's Guide to Non-Playoff Teams](http://www.downgoesbrown.com/2012/01/optimists-guide-to-non-playoff-teams.html?ref=pensionplanpuppets.com) DGB see the glass half full.