BUFFALO -- Hardly a day goes by when Sweden-born teammates Victor Eklund and Anton Frondell aren't seen together on or off the ice.

It even happened during the testing phase at the 2025 NHL Scouting Combine presented by Fanatics at LECOM Harborcenter on Saturday.

"We asked to do the testing together as a pair," Frondell said, "because we love to compete against each other and felt like if we go together, it would probably give us both our high scores. We were competing."

Frondell (6-1, 204), an 18-year-old center, is projected to be chosen among the top five in the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft to be held at L.A. Live's Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on June 27-28. He and Eklund (5-11, 169), an 18-year-old forward, were linemates with Djurgarden of Sweden's second division for much of this

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