nomorekids
The original, baby
Drew LeBlanc, Jack Conolly, Andy Miele and Ryan Duncan all won the award in the last 10 years and none of them were drafted.
yeah, NCAA hockey is kind of weird. It's far more common for "late bloomers" to emerge at age 20 or 21...2 or 3 years after they were drafted, and even then there may not be much NHL potential in those guys.
Miele was signed after a huge year at Miami Ohio, but realistically no one thought he would be more than a good AHLer, despite dominating the NCAA that year.