David Gregory, NHL Central Scouting; NHL Scouting Combine preview

About this episode

David Gregory discusses the NHL Scouting Combine and top prospects for the NHL Draft.

NHL Draft Class is getting ready for the NHL Scouting Combine with NHL Central Scouting associate director David Gregory. David discusses some additions to the combine testing protocol for the prospects that are attending, and also shares his thoughts on some of the top prospects for this year's draft, from Gavin McKenna and Ivar Stenberg to Tynan Lawrence. He also answers an important question: Which of the many top defenseman available for this year's draft would he like to have for the next 10 years? Chase Reid? Albers Smits? Or someone else?

People in this episode

Guest: David Gregory

Topics covered

• NHL Draft
• Scouting Combine
• prospects
• hockey
• testing protocol

Keywords

• NHL Draft
• Scouting Combine
• David Gregory
• prospects
• hockey

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NHL Central Scouting

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