NHL Draft Combine Gets Messier - And the Records Are On Watch

The NHL Draft Combine is never just a fitness test, and this year’s setup adds a few wrinkles that front offices will care about more than the stopwatch. The schedule, the changes, and the old benchmark numbers all matter because every marginal edge gets amplified when teams are trying to separate the “safe” pick from the swing-for-the-fences one. Scouts will be watching who handles the grind, who pops in the measurements, and who quietly turns one workout into a rise up the board.