Taking a closer look at the NHL Combine results

MONTREAL - With the NHL Combine in the books, scouts and management now have a wealth of data to pore over as they look to solidify their final rankings ahead of the 2018 Draft in Dallas later this month.

Following the conclusion of the Combine, the NHL's Central Scouting Bureau released the Top 25 finishers in each category.
We examined the data to see which of the five top-rated North American and European skaters were strong performers in Buffalo.
The jumping station was the site of three tests - vertical jump, no-arm jump, and squat jump. It allows teams to assess movement efficiency, physical performance and injury potential. Adam Ginning (vertical jump), Andrei Svechnikov (squat jump, no-arm jump), Noah Dobson (squat jump, no-arm jump), and Adam Boqvist (squat jump) all stood out. Dobson, Svechnikov and Ginning fared well in the standing long jump as well.

On the bench press, prospects had to lift free weights at 50% of their body weight, doing three repetitions in short succession. Svechnikov finished seventh with a score of 7.25 watts/kg, while Boqvist and Evan Bouchard also made the list.
NHL hopefuls also took part in a pull-up test to measure forearm and upper arm flexor muscular strength and endurance, along with core stabilization. Bouchard finished tied for second with 14 consecutive pull-ups, while Brady Tkachuk notched 11.

Boqvist produced a strong score on the Wingate test, a 45-second exercise on a spin bike designed to measure an athlete's mean and peak power output. The young Swede finished second in mean output with 16.8 watts/kg and tied for second in peak power (19.6), while Svechnikov and Dobson also cracked the Top 25 in both categories. Ginning scored 15.2 watts/kg in mean output, but finished off the board in the peak department.

On the dreaded VO2max test to measure cardiorespiratory (aerobic) fitness, Tkachuk finished tied for eighth.
Click here to see the top-25 finishers in all categories.