Cam Lee

Don't get excited for college free agent signings until you see at least one pro season. 95% of those guys never become more than depth players.

Exactly. It's rare they ever become anything of value. The best college UFA forward the last 20 years is Bozak and the best college defense UFA has been Schmidt. Super rare they become much of anything.

Pittsburgh has a good track record of attracting + developing NCAA players..
There also has been a lot of NCAA players to go on and have very successful careers, idk where you guys are A) getting those #'s + B) making those assumptions.

There are TONS of draftees who never see an NHL game.

Like we said, sure they become depth players, but rarely anything more. Go find a list of players that become top 6 forwards or top 3 defensemen. It's really rare. Even ZAR, who had freakn 63 points in 38 NCAA games his senior year has a total of 36 points in 116 NHL games. A scout once told me, if a guy isn't drafted it's usually for a reason. Of course there are always exceptions, but the chances a college free agent is more than a bottom 6 or bottom 3 D player are very very low.

The chances of most NHL draftees being more than a bottom 6 F or top 3D are also very low..? What's the difference