I don't think he's implying that it's easy, but that he actually looks for diamonds in the rough instead of purely people who are amazing in the now. Hockey is

I don't think he's implying that it's easy, but that he actually looks for diamonds in the rough instead of purely people who are amazing in the now. Hockey is hobby that I follow a lot and despite metrics and scouting, a LOT of prospects who blossomed into all-stars ended up falling into later rounds while there are notable top ten draftees who ended up as huge busts.