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Snippets from the NHL Scouting Combine

“What animal do you compare yourself to as a hockey player?”

“How long did it take you to grow that mustache?”

“Would you take a $10 bill on the toilet seat or a $50 bill in the toilet?”

Many of the top NHL Draft prospects converged on Buffalo this week for the annual NHL Scouting Combine, which returned for the first time since 2019. Players met with teams all week, underwent medical testing & finished their campaign with Saturday’s fitness testing.

Most players seemed to agree on one thing, at least: the Wingate cycle ergometer test - AKA the infamous bike test wherein a staffer yells at the player to push himself to his “maximal capacity” for 30 seconds - sucked.