Glen Sanders spent 40 years in the scouting business — 20 in the WHL split between the Prince Albert Raiders and Kamloops Blazers — and 20 with the NHL’s Nashville Predators. But his run came to end when he retired following the NHL’s 2024 draft last month in Las Vegas. . . . “It’s been great and I’ve enjoyed every minute of it,” Sanders told Zach Gilchriest, the Predators’ digital media and content producer. “I could probably do a couple more years, but I just think it’s time. . . . It’s been fun and I feel like I’ll always be a part of the Predators.” . . . If you have ever wondered what the scouting life is like, well, here’s more from Sanders: “People think that you just go to watch hockey games, like ‘How hard could scouting be?’ They don’t know that you’re driving at two o’clock in the morning in the middle of Saskatchewan at 50-below zero, trying to get to your hotel or trying to get to the next town. You’re booking flights, booking hotels, doing your expenses — and it all takes time. It’s a busy year and a busy life for the scouts. They’re on the go all the time. And you’re talking to agents, you’re talking to general managers and you’re constantly doing research on these kids. It takes a lot of your time.” . . . Gilchriest’s story is terrific — especially the part about Sanders’ telephone introduction to David Poile, then the Predators’ general manager — and it’s all right here. . . . Sanders is one of the 45 scouts who will be inducted into the Western Canada Professional Hockey Scouts Foundation’s Wall of Honour in Okotoks, on July 30. If you’re wanting to attend the dinner, tickets are available on the Foundation website (hockeyscoutsfoundation.com), but don’t leave it too long because they are moving quickly. . . . Congrats to Glen on his retirement and here’s to a whole lot of happy times with family and at the lake.
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