With the NHL draft just around the corner, the Montreal Canadiens’ brass has moved to the KeyBank Center, the Buffalo Sabres' home, for the NHL Scouting Combine. From June 2 to June 7, the most promising prospects will face the most important interviews of their young lives and gruelling physical tests.
Teams can interview the prospects from June 2 to 6, as the bulk of the physical testing will occur on June 7. That day will be reserved exclusively for the tests. On tap for the prospects on that day at LECOM Harborcenter: standing height/wingspan, horizontal jump, force plate vertical jump, bench press, pro agility test, pull-ups, and the Wingate Cycle Ergometer test. As for the Maximal VO2 test, it will be done on June 6.
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After diligently scouting prospects for the past year, the Combine finally allows NHL teams to speak with the ones they deem most interesting and believe will be available when it's their turn to speak. Mind you, in 2019, the Canadiens took Cole Caufield to dinner even though his agent told them GM Marc Bergevin there was no chance the sniper would still be on the board at number 15, but lo and behold, there he was when the Canadiens took to the stage, and the rest is history.
Currently, it’s impossible to know which prospects the Canadiens will interview or take out to dinner; however, the organization has been reported as interested in Justin Carbonneau, Malcolm Spence, and Carter Bear, among others. Watch this space in the upcoming days for details on the combine.
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