NHL Combine Turns Into a Question Circus

The combine is supposed to be about testing legs, hands, and nerves, but it keeps drifting into weirder territory. When teams start poking at prospects with off-the-wall questions, the whole exercise feels less like scouting and more like a front-office fever dream. That is part curiosity, part gamesmanship, and part the league’s favorite reminder that nobody ever really leaves the circus.