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2016 Scouting Combine Underway in Buffalo

The 2016 NHL Scouting Combine will give 114 players eligible for the 2016 NHL Draft an opportunity to showcase themselves for all 30 NHL teams beginning Monday in Buffalo.

The combine is May 30-June 4 at First Niagara Center and HarborCenter.

The 2016 draft will be held at First Niagara Center on June 24 and 25.

Among the top prospects that are at the combine are Zurich center Auston Matthews and Tappara right wing Patrik Laine, the top two skaters on NHL Central Scouting's ranking of international skaters eligible for the draft.

Matthews, a 6-foot-1, 210-pound native of Scottsdale, Ariz.