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Originally Posted by BKL
So if I understand this correctly....
What you are saying is that in the NHL draft, you are really drafting the "rights" to the player - you can send him to your minor league affiliate or call him up. If you draft the player rights, he can then only play for your NHL team. If no one drafts that player's right, then he can be signed by any team. So, an undrafted player could contract with the AHL Rochester Americans and play for them, and then subsequently re-enter the NHL draft. His rights could then be drafted by an NHL team (with a different minor league affiliate) even though he already has playing time with an AHL team. At that point, his rights are then owned by the NHL team and he will play in their system under a contract with that NHL team.
Am I looking at this correctly?
Thanks for your help!
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Yes.
It's a little more murky in real life because you won't ever see a situation like this is real life (because the player would either be obligated to play in the Canadian Hockey League, USHL, College, or overseas) if they are un-drafted. This will happen in fictional because of the smaller player base though.