HF Habs: 2025 Draft Combine

[themilosh]

And then you're going to get people who actually had a whole regiment planned this summer forgetting something or making a mistake, making a false negative because it's a bad question.

Most people lie (or half-truths) in interviews.

if someone who trains every day, and wants to be a professional athlete - then forgetting what they are doing will get them from 1st round to 2nd pretty darned quickly. IQ - plays a big roll in this.

You simply cannot fake if you are on a workout regiment - either you are or aren't.

 

[Playmaker09]

Here's the top 25 for every test:

https://media.nhl.com/site/vasset/public/attachments/2025/06/19060/2025ScoutingCombine_FitnessTestingResults_060725_FINAL.pdf

 

[Sorinth]

if someone who trains every day, and wants to be a professional athlete - then forgetting what they are doing will get them from 1st round to 2nd pretty darned quickly. IQ - plays a big roll in this.

You simply cannot fake if you are on a workout regiment - either you are or aren't.

What do you do when the response is "Oh I go to Gary Roberts training school and then follow the program he sets for me"

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

La is drafting Bill Zonnon.

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

I love this kid and would trade both of our picks to take him.

 

[DemidovSZN]

They met Nesbitt during the year and at the combine.

 

[Treb]

if someone who trains every day, and wants to be a professional athlete - then forgetting what they are doing will get them from 1st round to 2nd pretty darned quickly. IQ - plays a big roll in this.

You simply cannot fake if you are on a workout regiment - either you are or aren't.

That's extremely naive of you.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

Horcoff and Frondell seem to have the most top 10 results, FWIW. Both kids are in great shape.

 

[themilosh]

What do you do when the response is "Oh I go to Gary Roberts training school and then follow the program he sets for me"

great, how much are you benching, what are your reps? If they do infact go to Gary Roberts training they need to know how each weight training program targets different regions and muscles... If Im interviewing a kid who can't articulate what they do - then they are either liars or really daft.. either way I pass.

 

[themilosh]

That's extremely naive of you.

so in the world of fitness (kinesiology), you're telling me that any idiot can just fake it? I think the combine proves if they are liars or not.

 

[McGees]

I love this kid and would trade both of our picks to take him.

Me too but I think it would take more as he will go 6-8 imo

 

[Sorinth]

great, how much are you benching, what are your reps? If they do infact go to Gary Roberts training they need to know how each weight training program targets different regions and muscles... If Im interviewing a kid who can't articulate what they do - then they are either liars or really daft.. either way I pass.

Whether someone is taking their offseason training seriously or not they can probably easily tell you how much they bench because even the laziest players are still going to the gym and working out.

 

[Treb]

so in the world of fitness (kinesiology), you're telling me that any idiot can just fake it? I think the combine proves if they are liars or not.

We're not talking about the combine physical results, we're talking about interviews.

People fake interviews in every domain. In fact, I'd even say over 99% of interviews aren't 100% truthful.

That is the reason why teams ask weird ass questions because no brainer questions like training regimen can be prepared for.

 

[Sorinth]

We're not talking about the combine physical results, we're talking about interviews.

People fake interviews in every domain. In fact, I'd even say over 99% of interviews aren't 100% truthful.

That is the reason why teams ask weird ass questions because no brainer questions like training regimen can be prepared for.

It's also why the weird questions aren't about giving the "right" answer it's about explaining yourself and your thought process, and it's that thought process that is being evaluated.

 

[BozoTheClown]

Here's the top 25 for every test:

https://media.nhl.com/site/vasset/public/attachments/2025/06/19060/2025ScoutingCombine_FitnessTestingResults_060725_FINAL.pdf

Nesbitt, Barnhill and Klippenstein are in the top 25 of almost all the fitness test. 2 big left handed centers and a big RHD. Those guys need to be drafted by us.

 

[red devil]

How one GM saw Nick Suzuki at the draft combine, you can say he completely whiffed

 

[Paradoxe]

Here's the top 25 for every test:

https://media.nhl.com/site/vasset/public/attachments/2025/06/19060/2025ScoutingCombine_FitnessTestingResults_060725_FINAL.pdf

The beginning of the second round has just become interesting, just looking at that sheet in the link you've offered!!

 

[Estimated_Prophet]

We're not talking about the combine physical results, we're talking about interviews.

People fake interviews in every domain. In fact, I'd even say over 99% of interviews aren't 100% truthful.

That is the reason why teams ask weird ass questions because no brainer questions like training regimen can be prepared for.

It is not so much about the answer but more about how the person being interviewed handles pressure when confronted with something unexpected. The answer can provide some valuable information in itself but it is not the main focus. This type of question can also provide enough of a jolt to knock the interviewee out of any rehearsed performance and provide a conversation more reflective of their true self.

 

[skidcells]

in the past we got a full list of all measurements of draft eligible players. Does this exist this year?

 

[morhilane]

in the past we got a full list of all measurements of draft eligible players. Does this exist this year?

They only provide the top 25th to the "public": https://media.nhl.com/site/vasset/p...ombine_FitnessTestingResults_060725_FINAL.pdf

and clicking on a link in that PDF gets you to a Combine record page...and now I know what Mesar was drafted.

Combine - Bench Press | NHL Records

Explore the top leaders from the NHL Combine Bench Press Test

records.nhl.com

 

[skidcells]

They only provide the top 25th to the "public": https://media.nhl.com/site/vasset/p...ombine_FitnessTestingResults_060725_FINAL.pdf

and clicking on the link you get to a Combine record page...and now I know what Mesar was drafted.

Combine - Bench Press | NHL Records

Explore the top leaders from the NHL Combine Bench Press Test

records.nhl.com

By measurements I mean height and weight. Thanks for this though.

 

[morhilane]

By measurements I mean height and weight. Thanks for this though.

hmm, that's usually all in the same doc.

But one guy seems to have taken notes of all of them: 2024 NHL Combine Heights & Weights - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More Was last year.

 

[Pompeius Magnus]

hmm, that's usually all in the same doc.

But one guy seems to have taken notes of all of them: 2024 NHL Combine Heights & Weights - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More

He did, last year

 

[morhilane]

He did, last year

Ahahahaha, I didn't see the year. My bad, search engine can't distinguish between 2025 and 2024 these days, it was one of the top result.

 

[montreal]