He was in my top 20 in his draft year based on his talent... he should easily have been AT LEAST a late pick for some team in his draft year.
Since he went undrafted, now though we do get to take a look at what he did in his draft+1 year season and it wasn't so hot obviously.
Taking the two years as a whole though (as I'm not going to throw out his draft year and strong showing in camp)... I still think he would deserve a look.
79 pts in 66 regular season games and another 25 pts in 27 playoff games are what his total QMJHL numbers are... not spectacular... but again at least worthy of a late round pick with those types of stats imo (and yes I realize no other team felt that way through 2 entire drafts... but so be it... the vast majority of the players teams DID choose in the late rounds of those 2 drafts will amount to nothing at the NHL level as well).
Let's not forget... the Oilers wanted him signed and offered him a contract... so to say he is suddenly a complete dud would be a little extreme... especially if part of the underperformance was potentially due to injury.
Anyway... the summary is... he's still worthy of a look imo based on his total stats and the fact he looked solid last camp... if he looks as good (or better) again... sign him up for the AHL... if not... cut him loose and nothing lost.
Honestly with Slepyshev/Yakimov down there as well... I do admit that pushes me a little more in wanting to see him back in camp as well. An all-Russia line with one massive guy... one little crafty guy and one middle sized guy with decent hands might be entertaining to watch... like the 3 bears out there
... all with different strengths and traits in their games and sometimes players mesh well with others and produce results that are more than the sum of their parts.