Last week, the National Hockey League laid down some pretty big sanctions on the Arizona Coyotes in the culmination of a fairly hefty investigation into Arizona fitness testing several draft prospects.
Here’s what the NHL ruled:
The National Hockey League has sanctioned the Arizona Coyotes for violating the NHL’s Combine Testing Policy during the 2019-20 season, directing the forfeiture of the Club’s 2nd-round pick in the 2020 NHL Draft and 1st-round pick in the 2021 NHL Draft.
Effectively, teams are allowed to do fitness testing of prospects after the combine – e.g., to supplement the combine data – but not before.