Chase Reid’s Strange Path Has NHL Scouts Intrigued

Chase Reid is drawing attention at the NHL scouting combine, and it is not the normal kind of attention that comes from a cookie-cutter prospect. His rise has the kind of backstory that makes scouts lean in, because unusual routes to the league often reveal something tests cannot measure. Teams love tools, but they love a player who has had to earn every inch even more. Reid’s path is turning into the sort of conversation that can move a prospect up boards in a hurry.