By Andrew Phillip Chernoff | CanucksBanter

June 4, 2024

Macklin Celebrini is one of 100 prospects invited to participate in the 2024 NHL Scouting Combine at KeyBank Center and LECOM HarborCenter in Buffalo, New York this week.

The combine, which will run until June 8, involves physical and medical assessments of the top prospects ahead of the 2024 draft at Sphere in Las Vegas on June 28-29.

“The NHL Combine is a rite of passage on a player’s path to the NHL and is an event that NHL clubs and prospects look forward to participating in,” NHL Central Scouting director Dan Marr said.

“The NHL combine is the final showcase event before the NHL draft and it’s a week full of interviews, medicals and fitness testing where the players get to interact with NHL personnel and the NHL clubs get to learn as much as possible about the future stars of our game,” Marr said.

Sixty-two forwards, thirty-five defensemen, and three goalies are at the combine. All are listed in NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings of North American and International skaters and goaltenders.

• Teams can have 1-on-1 interviews with prospects at KeyBank Center until June 7.
• The medical examinations will take place June 5, and seven of the 11 fitness tests will occur at HarborCenter on June 8 (standing height/wingspan, horizontal jump, force plate vertical jumps, bench press, pro agility test, pull ups, Wingate Cycle Ergometer test).
• No player can test until clearing the medical screening.

Source: nhl.com