I'm a little confused by the 2nd year eligibility thing. If a player is passed over in his initial draft year, what rule dictates that anyone can sign him as a FA? Maybe this is the EHM in me but when I tried to sign players passed over once, it said I couldn't because player was "still draft eligible."
So, can anyone sign a kid not drafted in the 1 year window between his initial draft year and second draft year (eg. JP Anderson)? But, if he is drafted in the 2nd draft, his rights become protected by the team that drafts him? So, why wouldn't a team who was interested in drafting him just sign him to a contract before the draft instead of "wasting" a pick on him? I'm not sure why Perron needed to be drafted but Anderson didn't? Obviously, I'm missing some minor detail so any clarification would be great (maybe position, maybe window like before CHL season starts heading into post-draft eligible year like Perron could have been signed but no one knew he'd be any good in between his St Jerome and Lewiston year), CHL drafting vs FA pickup or something...).