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Medical examinations Significant findings during nhl scouting combine

Louis Houde

Louis Houde

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Trois-rivières
Bench press( performed 12-13 150-lb reps)
Mike Hoeffel,Vitali Karamnov,Mark Katic,Brett Maclean,Mark Owuya,Ben Ryan, Nico Sacchetti, Yannick Weber

Body fat %

Lowest : Spencer Machacek, Brandon Sutter (7.2%)
Highest: Radim Ostricl (15%) , Jakub Voracek (14%)

Hand-Eye co-ordination
Harri Ilvonen (25.6)
David Perron (28.6)
Lars Eller (29)
Ben Ryan (29.1)
Linden Rowatt(29.4)
Jakub Voracek (29.5)
Drayson Bowman (29.6)


Push-ups champion
Simon Hjalmarsson,Nicola Riopel, Nicklas Torp

Upper & Lower body development
Extensive: Denis Ruel
Above-Average: Tommy Cross Nick Palmieri Nicholas Petrecki Nico Sacchetti David Stich Brandon Sutter Zach Torquato

Vertical Jump
Maxim Gratchev , Mark Owuya , Yannick Weber

Medical issues:

T.J Brennan Asthma
Eric Doyle Previous dislocated hip
Lars Eller Left shoulder injury-will resolve
Taylor Ellington 2 concussions in 2005
Angelo Esposito 2 concussions in 2006
Mitch Fadden back injury
Olivier Fortier heart murmur
Sam Gagner right shoulder injury- will resolve
T.J. Galiardi Recovering from left shoulder injury
Mike Hoeffel Recent left knee-ACL repair
Sergei Korostin Recent abdominal surgery
Nicklas Lucenius heart murmur
Drew Mackenzie Right ear hearing loss
Dale Mitchell limited fitness test - mononeucleosis
James O'Brien Recent left shoulder surgery
David Perron right shoulder injury
Alex Plante heart murmur
Paul Postma popping in left hip Diagnosis
Ted Ruth minor right shoulder injury
Nico Sacchetti heart murmur
Tyson Sexsmith current bad flu and gastro illness
Kevin Shattenkirk heart murmur
David Stich recent knee repair
Bill Sweatt severed tendons-right forearm
Patrick White mid-back vertebral compressions
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Rabid Ranger

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That was among the more impressive performances, correct? Not that reps have a great deal to do wth the draft status, but I can see a lot of people shocked by how high a guy like Nico Sacchetti goes. Red Line has him picked in the first round by the Blues.
 
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No wonder Bob McKenzie seems so high on Brandon Sutter, he seems to be in really great shape..
 
MaskedSonja

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Wondering if the Bench Press moves Katic up a couple of spots in the scouts minds- really like for him to go top 30, but seems more like between 45-60. I'm rooting for ya Mark :)

BTW, those with Concussions, does that have a big impact on where teams draft them? I would think that would hurt their chances-is this why a number don't like Espo going so high(2 concussion in 2006)?
 
Zim

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That body fat percentage could hurt Voracek. If he has that much fat he can't be that fit.
 
Moskau

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Zim said:
That body fat percentage could hurt Voracek. If he has that much fat he can't be that fit.
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Not necessarily, these kids are still young. A lot of people are just built like that, especially at a young age. It's something I have always called "farm strong" just because many kids that I knew that spent their early life on farms were incredibly strong but had a hefty layer of fat on their body.

Voracek will turn a lot of that fat into muscle when he starts working out with an NHL team.
 

ChemiseBleuHonnete

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Moskau said:
Not necessarily, these kids are still young. A lot of people are just built like that, especially at a young age. It's something I have always called "farm strong" just because many kids that I knew that spent their early life on farms were incredibly strong but had a hefty layer of fat on their body.

Voracek will turn a lot of that fat into muscle when he starts working out with an NHL team.
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Too bad... Fat and muscle are completly unrelated tissues and we can't turn them into each other...
 
Skyblaze

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I could see guys with exceptional hand-eye coord possibly gaining a few spots in the draft since it could be a deciding factor. You can't really train that as easily as you can train fitness to a player.

The guys that already had multiple concussions may see an effect in their draft ranking? There have been too many cases of career-ending concussions around the NHL lately to completely ignore the factor...

I really don't think Voracek's baby fat will hurt him much come friday. I still think he's highly likely to go top 6.
 
Rabid Ranger

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Skyblaze said:
I could see guys with exceptional hand-eye coord possibly gaining a few spots in the draft since it could be a deciding factor. You can't really train that as easily as you can train fitness to a player.

The guys that already had multiple concussions may see an effect in their draft ranking? There have been too many cases of career-ending concussions around the NHL lately to completely ignore the factor...

I really don't think Voracek's baby fat will hurt him much come friday. I still think he's highly likely to go top 6.
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I don't think it will hurt Voracek either, but I'm sure it caught more than one scout's attention.
 
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