NHL 19 will be adding a new level of depth to its Franchise Mode with a new Scouting system. Users can build a squad of up to 20 scouts that will affect drafting, trading, free agency, and waiver wire pickups.
Scouts will have 30 ratings that determine their ability to scout players along with two areas of expertise known as Evaluation Abilities and Region Familiarity. Evaluation Abilities help them to determine player related skills and the scout's ability to discover prospects. Region Familiarity indicates a scout's effectiveness in a certain part of the world.
This new indepth scouting feature also includes amateur scouting as well as the Fog of War, requiring you to utilize your pro scouts to evaluate players you wish to acquire through trades and free agency.
Continue on to see an excerpt from the developer blog and the video from Producer Gurn Sumal.
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