BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Connor McDavid and Jack Eichel’s presence alone at the NHL’s pre-draft scouting combine next week is enough to spur league-wide buzz.
There’s more. Aside from having two highly touted players included among the 120 prospects scheduled to attend, the combine is finally entering the 21st century.
After spending the past 25 years in stuffy and carpeted convention center ballrooms in suburban Toronto, the weeklong event is moving for the first time into an actual hockey facility in downtown Buffalo. Starting Monday and running through June 6, the combine will be held at the newly built hockey and entertainment HarborCenter complex connected to the Sabres home arena.
Vancouver Canucks general manager Jim Benning said the move to Buffalo takes the combine to another level and provides the potential to enhance the event.
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