It’s doubtful Celebrini did anything to change the mind of the San Jose Sharks, who have the first pick when the draft is held at Sphere in Las Vegas. The first round is June 28 (7 p.m. ET; ESPN, ESPN+, SN, TVAS) and rounds 2-7 are June 29 (11:30 a.m. ET; ESPN+, NHLN, SN, SN1).
Among the top performers were defensemen Eric Emery of the USA Hockey National Team Development Program Under-18 team, and Stian Solberg of Valerenga in Norway’s top professional league.
Emery, No. 39 in NHL Central Scouting’s final ranking of North American skaters, finished first in four events: a 27.23-inch vertical jump, a 23.57-inch no-arm vertical jump, and 123.0 inches in the standing broad jump. He also had a 3.64 percent body fat percentage, tied for first with defenseman Sam Dickinson of London of the Ontario Hockey League.
Emery (6-foot-3, 185 pounds) also finished second in the pro agility run starting to the right at 4.23 seconds. The drill is a shuttle run starting five yards in one direction, 10 yards the other way, and then five yards back the way they started. The right-shot defenseman was 12th starting to the left at 4.35 seconds.