How Important Are NHL Combine Performances and What Are Some Red Flags? w/ Brian Burke

Former NHL General Manager Brian Burke discusses why himself and teams believe NHL Combine performances are very important and what players have utilized during this evaluation to raise their draft stock.
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[@mdsupreme1776]

Landeskog is a class man

[@Xerdoz]

It shows if you're fit or fat. Shorter guys have an advantage, though. Shorter limbs make pull-ups and such much easier.

[@nahpoli]

Really? Tell Chara that! he does more than anyone!

[@qwertyuiopasdfghjklzxcvbnm3937]

nahpoli in general that is tho keep in mind. Chara is an exception but guy is speaking facts

[@least.insane.femboy]

that isn't true. shorter and smaller people have less mass, true, but they also likely have less muscle. it's not about total, it's about %

[@metalguitarist11]

heard tyler biggs interviewed well enough for you to trade up for him, why'd you conveniently leave that one out burke?

[@fourwinged]

Lack of eye contact isn't always a bad sign; sometimes it's an excellent sign of a player who's a catalyst. You want someone that sees and thinks the game differently: they're going to have oddball behaviours because they simply experience and perceive the world differently.

[@v4v819]

If they don't make eye contact then chances are they are a psycho!

[@fourwinged]

@@v4v819 Yes, there's some chance they're a psycho, and there's another chance they're a genius.

[@olney28]

After looking at some NHL combine performances. The phrase athletic freak cannot be used at all.

[@mcbenders]

Bud they are athletic in a different way not pure strength but leg power and speed

[@TokyoBalletReprise]

@@mcbenders if they had leg power and speed, how come their speed and vertical is far from any basketball or football player?

[@fiveminutesago1268]

@@TokyoBalletReprise you don’t run or jump in hockey, it doesn’t matter how strong your legs are if you never run or jump you will never get good at running or jumping, there is more to it than leg power

[@TokyoBalletReprise]

@@fiveminutesago1268 Doesn’t change the fact that hockey players aren’t athletic.

[@fiveminutesago1268]

@@TokyoBalletReprise my point is that it’s false, it’s a different kind of athleticism, running and jumping isn’t the only form of athleticism, it takes a tremendous for of athleticism to skate at high speeds, turning at high speeds, all while hitting and handling the puck, non athletes cannot do that, it’s just different from other sports

[@elypevets5633]

How important is an NHL draft 'lottery' that is held in secret and a league president flunky announces the results, unlike legitimate drafts where the president or commissioner makes the announcements?

[@rebeccatrishel]

There's a video of them doing it

[@elypevets5633]

@@rebeccatrishel Sure, tht's why Bettman never shows up. Guess he's too busy on those days.

[@rebeccatrishel]

@@elypevets5633 it's Bettman in the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/j52vfYJrobWmhrs

[@mr.devil9577]

Penguins cheating for Mario Lemieux is why the lottery exists blame them

[@dinethaltmann9582]

@@mr.devil9577 I thought it was Ottawa tanking?

[@ninjabrett17]

0 chin ups is a red flag. What a bust.

[@MRsnipa13]

who didn't manage any?

[@jacoblyons79]

@@MRsnipa13 Sam Bennett

[@FooFahFoeFum]

Mario Lemieux could not bench press 100 pounds at 18 years of age. The interview is not fair if you are not english speaking. Europeans are shy and do not give much eye contact.

[@emersonmanning1124]

@@jacoblyons79 and Casey Middlestat