Draft Value: 2001–Present
- Original pick vs. eventual career-value rank
- Top-25 outcomes by draft class
- Pick-value overperformance and first-round misses
- Position, league of origin and development timeline
- Career WAR/value and NHL establishment
CADIG's credibility should not come from how many reports we say we produce. It should come from whether our evaluation framework explains real player outcomes, identifies repeatable development signals and improves prospect decisions. This research program connects historical draft outcomes, league translation, development curves, scouting observations and current prospect projection into one evidence loop.
A scouting report is an opinion at a point in time. A scouting system should be accountable to what happens next.
Research architecture is designed to combine traditional scouting with historical outcomes, league translation, development tracking and probabilistic projection. Model outputs are decision-support tools, not guarantees of individual player outcomes.
League studies, scouting methodologies, player research and pathway analysis can each become searchable, shareable assets.
Agency segmentation adds a new layer: representation concentration by agency, individual agent, nationality, position, NHL team and value tier.
Compare portfolio structure across major representation groups.
Separate individual agent portfolios inside larger agencies.
Identify concentrated and fragmented talent-market segments.
Scouting, player intelligence, organization intelligence and development support are separated into clear service categories.
Independent evaluation.
Performance and pathway analysis.
League and market research.
Video and pathway review.
A team executive, scout, player family or industry contact should each be able to enter through a different page and still reach connected evidence.
Player → report → league → comparables.
League → player pool → market → research.
Profile → pathway → development support.
Research → agency landscape → contact.
CADIG already has examples on both sides of its identity: a prospect-evaluation guide from the scouting group and an SIJHL career-outcomes framework from the analytics/intelligence side.
CADIG does not hide behind a company label. Individual evaluator profiles show the people behind the work, while the case-study library shows the scouting and intelligence products they build.
The final site behaves like a growing hockey-intelligence platform instead of a brochure.
See the player. Understand the environment. Follow the pathway. Project what comes next.