C Nathan Noel (2016, 113rd, CHI; traded to PHI)

[IHaveNoCreativity]

Can he be invited to a prospect camp ?

He goes in next year's draft forsure.

 

[Plastic Joseph]

This is pretty nuts, he could be the next Garland. Maybe not to the same extent, but he is on the smaller side and could be due to explode offensively next season.

 

[edguy]

Can he be invited to a prospect camp ?

He goes in next year's draft forsure.

Yes he can. And he will be signed after camp. Can't imagine him being available for next draft

 

[BondraTime]

It blows my mind, there were obviously tons of scouts watching him, 7 of his team mates were drafted. I don't know, maybe I don't know hockey like I thought I did but he was far and away their best forward. It wasn't even close.

 

[Brandel*]

How often do players who attend the CHL Top Prospects game go undrafted?

 

[Plastic Joseph]

How often do players who attend the CHL Top Prospects game go undrafted?

Andrew Ryan from the Mooseheads is the only recent other I can think of off the top of my head, but there could be others.

U18 for Canada and top prospects game? I assume not many

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

 

[biturbo19]

Absolutely puzzling to me that a team wouldn't even take a 7th round flyer on this guy. Especially as others mentioned, half the rest of his team was drafted.

Must have been some really horrendous interviews, or concerns of that nature. Really shocking still, that Hockey Canada would take such an apparently "toxic" player to the U18s. Just weird.

 

[1Gold Standard]

That's a big fall for a player who 3 years ago was ranked right up there with the likes of McDavid and Barzal...

but nothing like a good kick in the ass to kick start an attitude adjustment. not the end of the world.

but hey, Andong Song is a better prospect! right on!

 

[KaseMeOutside]

invited to ducks prospect camp and has accepted

 

[AlowlyMcOilersfan]

invited to ducks prospect camp and has accepted

that was quick

 

[Fantomas]

Elaborate.

 

[edguy]

that was quick

A few have been invited already.. nobody wasted their time lol

 

[IHaveNoCreativity]

invited to ducks prospect camp and has accepted

He'll have a contract soon..

 

[BondraTime]

He'll have a contract soon..

He's going to do the same thing his good friend Donaghey did with the Leafs last year. Whoever signs him gets a free 3rd round level player

 

[chunkylover53]

How bad did it have to be??? Maybe he was making stupid jokes and idiotic statements? Even then teams were doing throwaways with their 7th rounders.

 

[Vipers31]

How bad did it have to be??? Maybe he was making stupid jokes and idiotic statements?

I guess somewhat like that.

 

[Satan]

Real surprised that he went undrafted.

 

[Ducks Nation*]

Wait can he be signed by the Ducks during camp or does he have to re-enter draft, I am confuse

 

[Ducksforcup]

Wait can he be signed by the Ducks during camp or does he have to re-enter draft, I am confuse

I could be wrong, but I do believe he can now be signed since he has gone through the draft process once.

 

[UsernameWasTaken]

Wait can he be signed by the Ducks during camp or does he have to re-enter draft, I am confuse

There is a window during the offseason where teams can sign undrafted North American players to an ELC. If the player isn't signed during that window, he goes back into the draft next year.

Last year, Joe Hicketts went undrafted but then signed an ELC with the Red Wings.

 

[alcolol]

There is a window during the offseason where teams can sign undrafted North American players to an ELC. If the player isn't signed during that window, he goes back into the draft next year.

Last year, Joe Hicketts went undrafted but then signed an ELC with the Red Wings.

Do you know when that window opens and closes?

 

[Woodhouse]

Wait can he be signed by the Ducks during camp or does he have to re-enter draft, I am confuse

I could be wrong, but I do believe he can now be signed since he has gone through the draft process once.

Do you know when that window opens and closes?

Yeah, Noel can sign with anyone since he: (a) went through the draft once, (b) was under the age of 20 at that time, and (c) played his full prior season in North America. His ELC would just need to be registered with the league before the Major Juniors season. If he garners a training camp try-out, he'll get an extension to sign with that NHL team through September 15.

His situtation is unlike Tkachev, who couldn't sign as an undrafted last year with Edmonton because he had split his 2013-14 season between Russia and Moncton, hence his ELC was invalid. Noel spent his 2014-15 season fully in Saint John and is free to sign under those conditions as an UDFA.

 

[Thebesthockey]

u18 means squat
politics and positioning usually trump talent
should have stuck it out in ushl
end up in the Q is already a strike against you vs whl/ohl

 

[Amazing Kreiderman]

I thought NA based players had to go through 2 or 3 drafts before becoming UFAs