It\u2019s often been one of the most bizarre parts of the NHL combine.<\/p>\n
When the NHL\u2019s best draft prospects convene in one spot for the combine, there\u2019s been a history of strange questions being asked during the interview process.<\/p>\n
Back in 2010, Taylor Hall admitted he was asked which family member he would take with him if his country was being invaded.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was just a weird question,\u201d he said at the time.<\/a><\/p>\n The tradition of peculiarity has continued in recent years. Two years ago, the Montreal Canadiens asked a prospect<\/a> whether they would pick up $10 off a toilet seat or $50 from the toilet bowl. Last year, the Ottawa Senators asked prospects<\/a> to tell them a joke.<\/p>\n Some strange traditions don\u2019t change. And, thanks to the son of Vancouver Canucks head coach, Manny Malhotra, we learned about another unusual interview question.<\/p>\n Potential Canucks draft pick, Caleb Malhotra, revealed that he was asked a bizarre question during the interview process on Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cThey were asking: \u2018if you were on a desert island and there\u2019s no water for a day\u2019s walk away, and there\u2019s someone with a water bottle beside you, would you kill them and take the water?’\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cI think that\u2019s pretty crazy,\u201d Malhotra said.<\/p>\n Malhotra added that he forgot which team asked him the question.<\/p>\n Last year, Montreal apparently asked a similar question. They asked prospects if they were stranded in a desert with someone with only a bottle of water and a baseball bat, you can\u2019t share the water, and the other person takes the water first, what do you do with the bat?<\/p>\n Even if Montreal wasn\u2019t the guilty party in Malhotra\u2019s bizarre inquiry, they did leave an impression on prospects again at the 2026 combine.<\/p>\n \u201cMontreal made me throw a puck into a garbage can to test my confidence and see how far back I was willing to go to make the puck in the bucket,\u201d Chase Reid said. \u201cI missed.\u201d<\/p>\n Malhotra said Montreal asked him to do the same thing, but that he missed as well.<\/p>\n