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The NHL Scouting Combine returned to Buffalo on Saturday, with all 32 teams getting a final opportunity to assess this crop of big-league hopefuls before the 2024 NHL Draft in Las Vegas.
Fitness testing is the central component of the combine, while the teams also had a chance to meet the prospects individually.
Here’s a list of all the drills each prospect participated in (with a brief explanation) and who finished in the top 10:
Grip Strength: The athlete adjusts a hand grip dynamometer to his hand size, fully extends his arm and squeezes the dynamometer as forcefully as possible. The test is conducted on both hands.
Left Hand Grip (lbs.)
Right Hand Grip (lbs.)
The athletes’ aerobic fitness — that is, the capacity of their cardiovascular and respiratory systems to supply oxygen to their muscles — is assessed by measuring “the amount of oxygen utilized during maximal exercise employing volume determination and analysis of expired air.”
Test Duration
VO2 Max (ml/kg/min)
Standing Height: Athlete stands against a wa
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