The 200-question test sounds like a psychological evaluation of the player's personality. They probably didn't hinge on particular questions too much (unless there were some "testers" amongst the real questions), instead, they look at the weighted averages where you fall. Some businesses do this and they use it to see if you a) fit the mentality the team is looking for and b) if you match the mentality that your potential teammates would have. How effective they are is another question.
I'd like to see you talk about all your coaches from junior through pro and share some stories about how they ran the team and dealt with players. Keep up the great job brother. Grew up in Chicago and played my entire life and appreciate your love for chi town!
I would love all of those interviews. Particularly the ones where they are hard on you and ask tough and weird questions. It would be fun and eye-opening, especially looking Brian Burke in his eyes and going toe to toe with him in a psychology duel...a battle of wills. Too bad I wasn't that great at hockey to have been a prospect.
I enjoy your videos pearls and I really like the behind the scenes stuff I hope more teams do this for the fans because I really only see Boston doing it so I hope you spark more stuff like this.
Well, would you rather have a perfectly perfected poem or a gun? 😂😂 Imagine trying to determine the future of your franchise based off answers like that
@@Bubzp11 “He picked knife, which probably means he likes cutting through the defence rather than trying to make a smart pass. He probably has attitude issues but also strong desire to win. He might be our guy - who did he say would come out of the corner with the puck?”
I would love to see a video about your experience at the Winter Classic at Notre Dame in 2019. I was there. You scored the first goal of the game. Incredible experience for the fans but what was it like for the players? Please take us through your experience of the whole day.
Nice content! Its cool to hear about the behind the scenes stuff. Makes me realize how rare this kind of stuff is and wonder why? They seem to do a pretty good job at not letting guys show any personality or be interesting at all in interviews. Do they take you in to a back room to have some kind of a talk when you get signed to make sure you dont step out line?
Hey Brendan, I am hoping you can answer a Combine question I've had for a while! What exactly makes the V02/Wingate test so infamously brutal? Not to sound like a hero or anything, but aren't short, all-out sprints on a bike a fairly common exercise? Is it just that the resistance is jacked up super high?? I've always been puzzled at why this test is so difficult even for incredible, elite athletes.
good question.. so they are 2 different tests. Without going crazy into it the Wingate one is like u said 30 seconds and they have u warm up first then they based on ur body weight drop a whole bunch of weight onto the bike when they say "go" starting the 30 seconds.. honestly man its not like HARD because its only 30 seconds it just feels like its longest 30 seconds of ur life hahaha and ur going like balls to the wall at the combine trying to impress, like no matter how hard I trained competition is just a different level when u go to perform so I feel like u go wayyyy faster during the actual test and basically at the end u just went from like 0-100 so fast that it does something with ur body and makes u like extremely dizzy for some reason. Is it hard? no not really.. like its 30 seconds of ur life that's what I always told myself.. now the V02 is more mental because this test they shove a tube down ur throat and u have to breath in that then basically this one u go for as long as u can go and they keep upping harder and harder level every min u go swell as you have to keep above a certain level of RPM on the bike so its gets pretty hard quick... but honestly again man like end of the day im not lance Armstrong and I don't train to be a biker so really I used to just have fun with it.
@@Bubzp11 Thanks for the reply man!! Much appreciated. Sounds like V02 is way harder. And like you said, keeping the bike above a certain RPM for *as long as you can* is totally a crazy mental challenge. As opposed to a fixed time. Makes sense, thx!
I kinda feel like one of the most useless situations to possibly come out of the fitness tests is if a prospect just did really mid... like, completely unremarkable. It doesn't say anything about them except they're competent and standard.
The Sharks head of scouting Tim Burke must’ve been who you talked to from San Jose lmao, sounds so on brand with your friends story compared to your experience talking golf LOL
Also, can you make a video of a team by team combine analysis? I would really like to know how the Kings interview went, but it is very interesting how each team handles things, and then we can see how successful they are through drafting by their strategies. It seems the Dallas Stars are very good at finding players.
@Bubzp11 that's cool. This was actually a great video with very good details. It explained everything very well. Better than anything I have heard before so thank you for this.
You've been out of the NHL for a season or two now. Are you trying to make it back? Have any teams been kicking the tires with you? You're still relatively young, just surprised that your NHL career didn't last a bit longer. I also just want to say how much i enjoy your stories. Fans dont get this kind of perspective from players very often, if ever.
@@Bubzp11 that's cool man, you gotta do a funny headshot like Brandon Tanev lol. Have you ever been to the headquarters, I think it's in Burnaby or Vancouver. Do you get a say with what your overalls in the game?
The Islanders gave you a psychological test. The first one to gain prominence was the Wonderlic. From my understanding there is no right or wrong answer to any one question. Each question is linked to 5-7 other questions. Good luck figuring out which ones. One of the things they are looking for is consistency in the responses of linked questions. The rapid fire silly questions like the puck in the corner, mostly to see how you respond, not what you say. Do you stay composed or get rattled, do you question its stupidity z(maybe will challenge authority)? Stuff like that.
Personally I believe the gun question is to find out who is answering truthfully and who’s saying stuff just to please the staff? I would’ve picked the gun because it reminds me of my beat days hunting with my grandpa when I was younger
I feel like the combine is mostly driven by the NHL and media's (in particular in Canada) obsession with fetishizing these young players. They are in front of cameras and scrutinized by scouts way too much for 17 year olds and it is one of the things that makes me sometimes agree that the draft age should be raised to 20. I get that teams need to assess players, but do it on your own time and resource and in a way that recognizes you are dealing with kids. You want to know about a player, send a scout to go talk to them in Sudbury with their parents at a Starbucks. Putting kids in a room with more than 20 people for a round of mind-bending interrogation is insane. This is why we wind up with kids like Connor Bedard who have no actual personality and just deliver the clichees and boilerplate responses he has been coached to deliver since he was 11 years old.
ohhhh u know what I don't even know if I got any these days.. I got rid of them all when I had to play 82 games.. way to many days to do the same thing
@@Bubzp11 I hear some guys will not let anyone touch their stick after it's been taped and some guys like Seguin and Scheifele are the last to leave the ice during warm ups. I guess another superstition would be to not touch the prince of wales or the Clarence Campbell lol
Oh man I love MSG what a cool place, got many tours around there on the different floors just checking out the building every time we would play there, so much history
"I'm coming out of the corner with the puck because the gm of the islanders gave me a gun!"
😂😂😂😂legit
The 200-question test sounds like a psychological evaluation of the player's personality. They probably didn't hinge on particular questions too much (unless there were some "testers" amongst the real questions), instead, they look at the weighted averages where you fall. Some businesses do this and they use it to see if you a) fit the mentality the team is looking for and b) if you match the mentality that your potential teammates would have.
How effective they are is another question.
Love hearing behind the scenes stories
I love all the behind-the-scenes looks at the NHL. Thanks for doing this!
“ you can go further with a kind word and a gun than just a kind word.” - Al Capone
Minnesota interview...that's rough. Seems over the top. I wonder what kind of results this type of interview strategy actually delivers?
I'd like to see you talk about all your coaches from junior through pro and share some stories about how they ran the team and dealt with players. Keep up the great job brother. Grew up in Chicago and played my entire life and appreciate your love for chi town!
I would love all of those interviews. Particularly the ones where they are hard on you and ask tough and weird questions. It would be fun and eye-opening, especially looking Brian Burke in his eyes and going toe to toe with him in a psychology duel...a battle of wills. Too bad I wasn't that great at hockey to have been a prospect.
You know it's good when 20 minutes just flys by, interesting stuff
Thank uuu
@@Bubzp11 heart u loved all ur highlight reel goals
Probably my favorite video yet! Nice one Perls!!
Wow, thanks!
Another steller video ty.......those houses in behind you and how close the tracks are is nuts lol
I found your channel the other day and I'm hooked. This is great stuff and I look forward to more. Liked and Subscribed
I enjoy your videos pearls and I really like the behind the scenes stuff I hope more teams do this for the fans because I really only see Boston doing it so I hope you spark more stuff like this.
Well, would you rather have a perfectly perfected poem or a gun?
😂😂
Imagine trying to determine the future of your franchise based off answers like that
uhhhhhh... Knife?
@@Bubzp11 “He picked knife, which probably means he likes cutting through the defence rather than trying to make a smart pass. He probably has attitude issues but also strong desire to win. He might be our guy - who did he say would come out of the corner with the puck?”
I would love to see a video about your experience at the Winter Classic at Notre Dame in 2019. I was there. You scored the first goal of the game. Incredible experience for the fans but what was it like for the players? Please take us through your experience of the whole day.
I like how it feels like you’re just one of us!!
I am!
Sounds stressful but kinda fun tk experience, love the video with the insight as always!
It’s always sunny on Perlini day!
Great video man! I’m noticing a few of CM Punk shirts in the vids. 😎
Great video!
Come sign with the Abbotsford Canucks. It would be fun to have you around here
Nice content! Its cool to hear about the behind the scenes stuff. Makes me realize how rare this kind of stuff is and wonder why? They seem to do a pretty good job at not letting guys show any personality or be interesting at all in interviews. Do they take you in to a back room to have some kind of a talk when you get signed to make sure you dont step out line?
Hey Brendan, I am hoping you can answer a Combine question I've had for a while! What exactly makes the V02/Wingate test so infamously brutal? Not to sound like a hero or anything, but aren't short, all-out sprints on a bike a fairly common exercise?
Is it just that the resistance is jacked up super high?? I've always been puzzled at why this test is so difficult even for incredible, elite athletes.
good question.. so they are 2 different tests. Without going crazy into it the Wingate one is like u said 30 seconds and they have u warm up first then they based on ur body weight drop a whole bunch of weight onto the bike when they say "go" starting the 30 seconds.. honestly man its not like HARD because its only 30 seconds it just feels like its longest 30 seconds of ur life hahaha and ur going like balls to the wall at the combine trying to impress, like no matter how hard I trained competition is just a different level when u go to perform so I feel like u go wayyyy faster during the actual test and basically at the end u just went from like 0-100 so fast that it does something with ur body and makes u like extremely dizzy for some reason. Is it hard? no not really.. like its 30 seconds of ur life that's what I always told myself..
now the V02 is more mental because this test they shove a tube down ur throat and u have to breath in that then basically this one u go for as long as u can go and they keep upping harder and harder level every min u go swell as you have to keep above a certain level of RPM on the bike so its gets pretty hard quick... but honestly again man like end of the day im not lance Armstrong and I don't train to be a biker so really I used to just have fun with it.
@@Bubzp11 Thanks for the reply man!! Much appreciated. Sounds like V02 is way harder. And like you said, keeping the bike above a certain RPM for *as long as you can* is totally a crazy mental challenge. As opposed to a fixed time. Makes sense, thx!
Sheesh, crazy hair change
😂😂😂
@@Bubzp11 is just as pumped for the new slim shady as the rest of us
White Boy Summer baby!
@Bubzp11 are you trying to look like Drew Miller? 😂
I kinda feel like one of the most useless situations to possibly come out of the fitness tests is if a prospect just did really mid... like, completely unremarkable. It doesn't say anything about them except they're competent and standard.
Sounds like it was a personality test and seeing what your personality type was to see if you fit their atmosphere.
Your father Fred Perlini has the sickest hockey db page I've ever seen. Do a video on him!
i checked it out and nearly died of laughter
You are awesome maybe sign with Vancouver :D
Metra train in the background….Perls be in the Chicagoland area
11:11 bro flipped us off 💀💀💀
easter egg
@@Bubzp11 💀💀
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my little cousin just got drafted last week in the QMJHL any tip for him
enjoy every day!! most important part is fun and the jr days are the most fun
Of course my team would ask dumb questions 😂😂😂
Bennett actually had a broken shoulder but didn't tell anyone, and did all the workouts anyways.
The Sharks head of scouting Tim Burke must’ve been who you talked to from San Jose lmao, sounds so on brand with your friends story compared to your experience talking golf LOL
Yes I feel like that was him!!
Also, can you make a video of a team by team combine analysis? I would really like to know how the Kings interview went, but it is very interesting how each team handles things, and then we can see how successful they are through drafting by their strategies. It seems the Dallas Stars are very good at finding players.
oh that's tough, was 10 years ago so most if not all the info I remember was in this vid
@Bubzp11 that's cool. This was actually a great video with very good details. It explained everything very well. Better than anything I have heard before so thank you for this.
You've been out of the NHL for a season or two now. Are you trying to make it back? Have any teams been kicking the tires with you? You're still relatively young, just surprised that your NHL career didn't last a bit longer. I also just want to say how much i enjoy your stories. Fans dont get this kind of perspective from players very often, if ever.
Nice to see someone else celebrating White Boy Summer.
laces out
Good stuff. I guess the poem is the right answer?😅😮
i cant do a single squat smh 😅
What's the experience like with meeting EASports? What kind of questions do they ask you?
EA Sports pretty sick u do like headshots for the game and stuff just like chill
@@Bubzp11 that's cool man, you gotta do a funny headshot like Brandon Tanev lol. Have you ever been to the headquarters, I think it's in Burnaby or Vancouver. Do you get a say with what your overalls in the game?
Meanwhile Brian Burke is drafting guys based on what dog breed their family dog is.
😂😂😂
The Islanders gave you a psychological test. The first one to gain prominence was the Wonderlic. From my understanding there is no right or wrong answer to any one question. Each question is linked to 5-7 other questions. Good luck figuring out which ones. One of the things they are looking for is consistency in the responses of linked questions. The rapid fire silly questions like the puck in the corner, mostly to see how you respond, not what you say. Do you stay composed or get rattled, do you question its stupidity z(maybe will challenge authority)? Stuff like that.
Thats the Metra!
Personally I believe the gun question is to find out who is answering truthfully and who’s saying stuff just to please the staff? I would’ve picked the gun because it reminds me of my beat days hunting with my grandpa when I was younger
RATE NHL PLAYERS PART 2 PLS
holy shit buddy did you lose a bet with the bleached hair??? damn
I feel like the combine is mostly driven by the NHL and media's (in particular in Canada) obsession with fetishizing these young players. They are in front of cameras and scrutinized by scouts way too much for 17 year olds and it is one of the things that makes me sometimes agree that the draft age should be raised to 20. I get that teams need to assess players, but do it on your own time and resource and in a way that recognizes you are dealing with kids. You want to know about a player, send a scout to go talk to them in Sudbury with their parents at a Starbucks. Putting kids in a room with more than 20 people for a round of mind-bending interrogation is insane. This is why we wind up with kids like Connor Bedard who have no actual personality and just deliver the clichees and boilerplate responses he has been coached to deliver since he was 11 years old.
cm punk cm punk cm punk!
Go dye your hair
-Matt Martin
A poem or a gun?
I'd have said gun, but I'd have given my answer in the form of a haiku.
Turn the tables and let them figure it out!😉
Are you still playing? If so where
ahl
Why does that have Garth Snow written all over it lol
Who the hell can't do a pull up at the combine?
Stanley Cup champion Sam Bennett lol
What are some of your superstitions? if any
ohhhh u know what I don't even know if I got any these days.. I got rid of them all when I had to play 82 games.. way to many days to do the same thing
@@Bubzp11 I hear some guys will not let anyone touch their stick after it's been taped and some guys like Seguin and Scheifele are the last to leave the ice during warm ups. I guess another superstition would be to not touch the prince of wales or the Clarence Campbell lol
Why does your face look A.I? Are you using a filter or deep face app?
hahahahahah yeah im iRobot
you should be better prepared
What was your experiences playing against the Rangers and MSG
Oh man I love MSG what a cool place, got many tours around there on the different floors just checking out the building every time we would play there, so much history
Figures the fish sticks would do a stupid test like that
hahahahahahaha