[Report] 2024 NHL Draft Combine Results

[RWJC]

2024 NHL Draft Combine Results

 

June 8th, 2024 at 4:11pm CST • By Gabriel Foley

 

The NHL Draft combine is back in full swing after a two-year break due to Covid-19 in 2020 and 2021. A full 100 players were invited to the event this year, six fewer than in 2023 but 15 more than in 2022. The festivities include team interviews earlier in the week and physical testing on Saturday. Here are the results of a select few tests, thanks to NHL Central Scouting.

 

Aerobic Fitness: Test Duration

F Cole Beaudoin – 13:45

D Gabriel Eliasson – 13:14

F Oliver Josephson – 13:05

F Herman Traff – 13:04

D Alfons Freij – 13:04

 

Aerobic Fitness: VO2max (ml/kg/min)

F Oliver Josephson – 65.0

F Tij Iginla – 65.0

F Simon Zether – 64.0

F Macklin Celebrini – 63.0

F Max Plante – 63.0

 

Agility & Balance: Pro Agility – Left (sec)

D Stian Solberg – 4.12

F Kamil Bednarik – 4.25

F John Mustard – 4.26

F Terik Parascak – 4.28

F Michael Hage – 4.29

 

Agility & Balance: Pro Agility – Right (sec)

D Stian Solberg – 4.08

F Jett Luchanko – 4.23

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 4.23

F Anthony ‘AJ’ Spellacy – 4.24

F Terik Parascak, F Sam O’Reilly – 4.25

 

Anaerobic Fitness (Wingate Test): Mean Power Output (watts/kg)

F Jett Luchanko – 12.9

D Alexis Bernier – 12.8

F Linus Eriksson – 12.7

D Sebastian Soini – 12.7

F Aatos Koivu – 12.6

 

Anaerobic Fitness (Wingate Test): Peak Power Output (watts/kg)

F Anthony ‘AJ’ Spellacy – 18.3

F Maxim Massé – 18.1

F Linus Eriksson – 18.0

D Ben Danford – 18.0

F Michael Brandsegg-Nygård – 17.9

 

Anaerobic Fitness (Wingate Test): Fatigue Index

F Oliver Josephson – 35.1

F Ondrej Becher – 39.7

F Ryder Ritchie – 40.5

F Emil Hemming – 40.9

F Christian Humphreys – 41.6

 

Wing Span (inches)

F Dean Letourneau – 83.25

D Gabriel Eliasson – 81.00

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 80.75

D Jesse Pulkkinen – 80.75

F Erik Mateiko – 80.25

 

Body Composition Yuhasz % Body Fat

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 3.64

D Sam Dickinson – 3.64

F Ethan Procyszyn – 6.84

F Simon Zether – 7.11

G Mikhail Yegorov – 7.11

 

Force Plate: Vertical Jump (inches)

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 27.23

F Jett Luchanko – 24.63

D Veeti Vaisanen – 24.22

D Will Skahan – 23.88

D Stian Solberg – 23.84

 

Force Plate: Squat Jump (inches)

F Jack Pridham – 19.52

F Aatos Koivu – 19.08

F Linus Eriksson – 18.96

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 18.82

F Tij Iginla – 18.38

 

Force Plate: No Arm Jump (inches)

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 23.57

D Veeti Vaisanen – 21.91

F Jack Pridham – 21.21

F Jett Luchanko – 21.11

F Linus Eriksson – 20.75

 

Musculoskeletal: Bench Press 50% Body Weight – Power (watts/kg)

F Cole Beaudoin – 8.71

D Lukas Fischer – 8.26

F John Mustard – 7.78

F Cayden Lindstrom – 7.69

D Sebastian Soini – 7.54

 

Musculoskeletal: Left Hand Grip (lbs)

F Jett Luchanko – 172

F Cayden Lindstrom – 168

F Erik Mateiko – 166

F Sacha Boisvert – 163

F Michael Brandsegg-Nygård – 160

 

Musculoskeletal: Right Hand Grip (lbs)

F Jett Luchanko – 175

F Cayden Lindstrom – 166

D Colton Roberts – 165

D Gabriel Eliasson – 162

F Jack Pridham – 162

 

Musculoskeletal: Pull-Ups Consecutive (max #)

D Zeev Buium – 16

D Lukas Fischer – 15

D Colton Roberts, F Jack Pridham, F Cole Beaudoin, F Oliver Josephson, F Tij Iginla – 13

F Kamil Bednarik, F Ethan Procyszyn, F Kevin He, F Tanner Howe, G Mikhail Yegorov, F Rilet Patterson, F Anthony ‘AJ’ Spellacy, F Max Plante, D Eric ‘EJ Emery’ 

 

Musculoskeletal: Standing Long Jump (inches)

D Eric ‘EJ’ Emery – 123.0

F Anthony ‘AJ’ Spellacy – 119.3

G Mikhail Yegorov – 115.8

F Jack Pridham, D Alexis Bernier, F Dean Letourneau – 114.5

F Linus Eriksson – 113.8
 

 

https://www.prohockeyrumors.com/2024/06/2024-nhl-draft-combine-results.html#ref=home

 

 

 

[Northern_Nuck]

Anyone in the 4th rd looking good? 

[DeNiro]

Any of these guys project to go 3rd round or later?

 

Otherwise I don’t care. 

[Alflives]

2 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

Any of these guys project to go 3rd round or later?

 

Otherwise I don’t care. 

Yup. Benning is gone. We’re good again. F the draft. That’s for the losers. 

[DeNiro]

6 minutes ago, Alflives said:

Yup. Benning is gone. We’re good again. F the draft. That’s for the losers. 

Well I’d like to come out of this draft with at least one potential NHLer.

 

Going 0 for in drafts during Bennings time is why we’re forced to continue to trade picks.

[Alflives]

20 minutes ago, DeNiro said:

Well I’d like to come out of this draft with at least one potential NHLer.

 

Going 0 for in drafts during Bennings time is why we’re forced to continue to trade picks.

True. But new management seems to find guys under rocks. Look at Bains. He’s looking good. And wasn’t D-Petey a third rounder? 

[Rip The Mesh]

1 hour ago, DeNiro said:

Well I’d like to come out of this draft with at least one potential NHLer.

 

Going 0 for in drafts during Bennings time is why we’re forced to continue to trade picks.

Benningl Why draft when you can buy; Olli says hi.  

[Hammertime]

Impressive results from EJ Emery and Ollie Josephson. 

[RomanPer]

Celebrini didn’t score too well. Must be a bust lol.

[MatchesMalone]

On 6/8/2024 at 4:04 PM, DeNiro said:

Any of these guys project to go 3rd round or later?

 

Otherwise I don’t care. 

 

Yeah, most of them.

[Diamonds]

The combine probably raised EJ Emery from an early 2nd to a late 1st. I remember that happening with Josh Norris when he dominated the combine in 2017. 

 

It's always fun to see these results, but at the end of the day most of them don't really mean much. They can definitely help with scouting some lower round players though. For example, if a knock on a guy is that they could improve their foot speed but they do well in the explosive tests (like Peak Power Output and Vertical Jump) then you know the issue is likely technique and a team will be more willing to take the chance and pair the player with a good skating coach.

[PureQuickness]

These tests really don't mean anything. Bedard didn't even score top of these results and he dominates

[R3aL]

On 6/8/2024 at 5:04 PM, Hammertime said:

Impressive results from EJ Emery and Ollie Josephson. 

EJ I really like projecting long term.

 

I haven't watched him though but just what I have heard about him has swayed me.

 

However, I have put no time into watching prospects this season 

On 6/10/2024 at 5:04 PM, Diamonds said:

The combine probably raised EJ Emery from an early 2nd to a late 1st. I remember that happening with Josh Norris when he dominated the combine in 2017. 

 

It's always fun to see these results, but at the end of the day most of them don't really mean much. They can definitely help with scouting some lower round players though. For example, if a knock on a guy is that they could improve their foot speed but they do well in the explosive tests (like Peak Power Output and Vertical Jump) then you know the issue is likely technique and a team will be more willing to take the chance and pair the player with a good skating coach.

From everything I have herd seen he was already projected to be a late first on a lot of boards 

[stawns]

On 6/8/2024 at 3:15 PM, DeNiro said:

Well I’d like to come out of this draft with at least one potential NHLer.

 

Going 0 for in drafts during Bennings time is why we’re forced to continue to trade picks.

Demko

Petey

Hughes

Boeser

Hoglander

Podkolzin

Silovs

 

That's not a terrible record for drafting guts who are major parts of your lineup.

 

In any given draft, over 200 picks are made and only about 50 of them have any kind of career and less than half of them have careers of any significance.  

 

[RJCF96]

There is a Linus Eriksson that I kept reading it as Loui Eriksson.