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Originally Posted by Stud_McCool
Can someone explain why these undrafted guys all of a sudden is coveted by every team in the NHL? Did the scouts not do their work in watching these college players?
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It's usually guys who were late bloomers and not on the scouts' radar when they were draft eligible. Morrison is 23, so he would have first been draft eligible in 2010. He was still playing Midget hockey in 2009-10.
Most of these guys don't amount to much in the NHL, but teams still need players for the AHL, and other than their salary, it's a free acquisition. Occasionally, you get a guy like Jooris, and it makes it worthwhile.