haveandare
Registered User
"In a poll of 30 expert hockey minds, there was unanimous agreement that Dylan McIlrath is not currently an NHL player."
It might not be proof, but its far from meaningless
Teams not claiming him doesn't mean they don't think he's an NHL player, it means they didn't think he'd add to their current lineup. As someone said a few posts up, most reasonable opinion in favor of him is that he could be a better depth option on the third pair for example. NHL caliber depth d men aren't exactly hard to come across and every team has a few guys on the bubble there already.