Undrafted, reentered 1st-rounders

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1995 - All Europeans still had to be drafted before entering the league, so there'd still be a handful of guys in their mid-late 20s (sometimes 30s) being drafted. NCAA guys now had to wait an extra year.

Mark Streit has been drafted by the Habs in 04 at 24 year old because of this rule.

 

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https://thehockeynews.com/news/backchecking-grant-marshall

I didn't know this story about Grant Marshall. During his original draft year, he was hit from behind and broke his neck. Doctors advised him to not play hockey so teams understandably didn't draft him in 1991. Marshall was determined to return and he played the following season. He'd go in the late first round in 1992.

 

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Nick Boynton was picked in the 1st round twice….

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Same for Jarret Stoll but in the 2nd round.

 

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Before my time, but Mark Greig (father of current Sens forward Ridly) went undrafted in 1988+1989 then went 15th overall in 1990. Surprisingly nobody took a chance on him in 1989 after a 108 point season but the WHL was high scoring; Peter Kasowski was a 1989 12th rounder after a 131 point WHL season.

The THN 1990 Draft Preview said scouts questioned Greig's work ethic and playing style the previous year. Greig followed that up with a 135 point year to get drafted.

 

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Edit: nevermind I'm mistaken

 

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Anders Lee is the classic summer born, pre September 16, US kid who is draft eligible, but only a junior in HS, so unless he had accelerated (which he obviously didn't) and he told teams he was going back to HS to play football and hockey instead of go to the USHL, teams were quite likely to pass on drafting him in 2008. With no USHL sample size, you really had to do your scouting work to be confident to draft a D+2 coming out of MN HS who you had no clue if it would even translate to junior, let alone NCAA and pro. There are far more Max Gaede types of the world than Anders Lee types, so it's a bet most teams aren't willing to risk if there's no significant USHL sample size.

I watched him play at 15 when he played for STA in the USHS and said from that the Habs had to draft him. He had that power forward kind of game even at 15. The fear at the draft was that he would go the NCAA football route since he was one of the top QB's in the state if I recall correctly as it was a long time ago. The next year he moved to Edina and his agent let it be known he was just going to focus on hockey.

 

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Zdeno Chara’s path from Islanders mystery prospect to the NHL record books: 'He made himself a player'

Chara on Tuesday tied the NHL's record for games played by a defenseman, a fate you couldn't have predicted when he first arrived in 1996.

theathletic.com

A few articles seem to indicate that Zdeno Chara had submitted his name for the 1995 Draft but did not get selected. Islanders took him in the third round in 1996 despite limited viewings. THN only had the Central Scouting top 20 for Euro skaters for 1995 listed and Chara wasn't ranked. Chara was #17 on Central's 1996 Euro list.

Maybe a similar story to Pavel Datsyuk playing in anonymity.