After a busy few weeks, a sprained ankle will keep Matthew Tkachuk from participating in fitness tests at the NHL Scouting Combine, writes NHL.com's Mike Morreale.
"I'm going to hold off on the testing," Tkachuk said. "I'm a little dinged up. There's no point in doing any of the bike tests or the testing right now if I'm not 100 percent. Whichever team drafts me, I'll be excited to test at development camp and see where I rank. We'll see what they think and go from there."
Tkachuk, a First Team OHL All-Star, helped the London Knights to the Memorial Cup, scoring the tournament winner in overtime. He had 30 goals and 77 assists during the regular season, and 20 goals and 20 assists in 18 playoff games, before his heroics at the Memorial Cup.
Ranked second among North American skaters by the NHL ahead of the draft this month, Tkachuk's stock is "gaining momentum" after his dominant spring, one executive told Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman.
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