7-Day Forecast for Buffalo: Sunny, summery, and Dahlin #Sabres #ThisIsTheClimb pic.twitter.com/s6qMIpcnVO
— SabresBuzz (@SabresBuzz) May 28, 2018
The NHL has released the complete list of 104 prospects invited to the Buffalo Scouting Combine. The group includes first overall pick of the host Buffalo Sabres, Rasmus Dahlin. Sabres GM Jason Botterill attended the NHL Draft Lottery in Toronto on April 28. Botterill walked away with the #1 overall pick in the draft. Carolina finished second while Montreal finished third overall.
Also confirmed to be in attendance are Andrei Svechnikov and Filip Zadina. Many other top prospects will be in Buffalo this week, too.
At the NHL Draft Combine, @mikemorrealeNHL sits down with Rasmus Dahlin pic.twitter.com/FubPMtyIj4
— Joe Yerdon (@JoeYerdon) May 28, 2018
Morrale: "So, Rasmus. The Sabres now have three players names "Rasmus": You, Ristolainen and Asplund. Isn't it weird to have three Rasmuses?
— SabresBuzz (@SabresBuzz) May 28, 2018
Dahlin: "It's Rasmii. The plural of Rasmus is "Rasmii"@BuffaloSabres https://t.co/AGxAdNXtOb
The 2018 NHL Entry Draft is on June 22 in Dallas, Texas.
The 2018 NHL Scouting Combine features the top 104 draft-eligible players from North America and Europe. Once again, Buffalo will host the party at HarborCenter.
I will be attending the NHL media availability with a number of 2018 NHL Draft top prospects on Friday, June 1. Yes, Rasmus Dahlin will be available to answer questions from the local, national, and international hockey media.
Also scheduled to speak with media are Evan Bouchard (London, OHL), Andrei Svechnikov (Barrie, OHL), Filip Zadina (Halifax, QMJHL), Noah Dobson (Acadie-Bathurst, QMJHL) and Brady Tkachuk (Boston University).
Dahlin knows the drill with media avails. Speaking to media in scrums doe not bother him. He spoke often for Team Sweden at the IIHF World Junior Championships in Buffalo in December and January. Sweden won the silver medal at the WJCs.
The fitness testing portion of the NHL Combine will commence on June 2, when the first group of prospects will begin testing on Saturday morning at 7:30 a.m. with the last group finishing by approximately 4:30 p.m. Prospects will be available to the media in a scrum format after they have completed their testing.
NHL teams are now green lit to meet with potential draft picks for 1-on-1 interviews to better determine the kind of person they are. NHL GMs and their scouts spend quality time with the prospects to get a better idea of what makes them tick as 18 year old men. For the prospects, it's a chance to be honest, sincere and to impress NHL power brokers in a one on one setting.
Here is the A to Z list of all attendees to the 2018 Buffalo Scoutuing Combine:
Calen Addison Alexander Alexeyev Oskar Back Kevin Bahl Seth Barton Nicolas Beaufin Xavier Bernard Jacob Bernard-Docker Dominik Bokk Adam Boqvist Evan Bouchard Xavier Bouchard Michael Callahan Kody Clark Rasmus Dahlin Ty Dellandrea Stanislav Demin Grigori Denisenko Noah Dobson Lukas Dostal Curtis Douglas Jack Drury Aidan Dudas Sean Durzi Ty Emberson Joel Farabee Martin Fehervary Eric Florchuk Cole Fonstad Gabriel Fortier Liam Foudy Patrik Giles Adam Ginning Jack Gorniak Alexis Gravel Nico Gross Benoit-Olivier Groulx Jonathan Gruden Curtis Hall Filip Hallander Jordan Harris Barrett Hayton Luke Henman Cameron Hillis Mitchell Hoelscher Quinn Hughes Jacob Ingham Jan Jenik Blade Jenkins Filip Johansson Keegan Karki Martin Kaut Michael Kesselring Alexander Khovanov Liam Kirk Jesperi Kotkaniemi Filip Kral Vitali Kravtsov Rasmus Kupari Philipp Kurashev Jakub Lauko Isac Lundestrom Nils Lundkvist Anderson MacDonald Tyler Madden Kevin Mandolese Jack McBain Jared McIsaac Black McLaughlin Ryan McLeod Allan McShane Ryan Merkley K’Andre Miller Serron Noel Niklas Norgren Jay O’Brien Jacob Olofsson Matej Pekar Jackson Perbix Jacob Pivonka Sampo Ranta Alec Regula Kristian Reichel Carter Robertson Olivier Rodrigue Milos Roman Mattias Samuelsson Rasmus Sandin Jakub Skarek Ty Smith Riley Stotts Riley Sutter Andrei Svechnikov Akil Thomas Brady Tkachuk Jonathan Tychonick Giovanni Vallati Joseph Veleno Oliver Wahlstrom Tyler Weiss Bode Wilde Jake Wise Jett Woo Filip Zadina