For the first time, the league hosted the annual Combine at HarborCenter, the Sabres’ new state-of-the-art practice facility located next to First Niagara Center downtown. Over 100 of the top prospects in the 2015 draft class took part in interviews, fitness testing, and more interviews leading up to the main event at BB&T Center in Sunrise, Fla., later this month.
The Blue Jackets’ amateur scouting staff, led by head amateur scout Ville Siren and director of amateur scouting Paul Castron, convened at Nationwide Arena earlier in the offseason to put their draft plans into motion.