Undrafted FA
Oskar Asplund — LHD, Almtuna IF, 5-foot-11 - Asplund registered 30 points in 49 games as a teenage defenceman in HockeyAllsvenskan
Gabriel Szturc — C, Kelowna Rockets, 5-foot-11 - He was the second-leading scorer on a weak Rockets team, registering 79 points in 56 games (a 96-point pace had he not missed games to be with Czechia’s national team)
Jordan Tourigny — RHD, Shawinigan Cataractes, 5-foot-11 - he posted 41 points in 67 games for a poor Shawinigan team this year. He gaps effectively, he reads the play offensively and defensively well, he’s a competitor, he uses a good stick to be disruptive defensively, and he can move pucks and steer play.
Mazden Leslie — RHD, Vancouver Giants, six feet - Despite having been a top prospect in minor hockey and now a 50-point defenceman in his draft year as the most productive defenceman on a below-average team in Vancouver, and despite having pro size, Leslie is NHL Central Scouting’s 125th-ranked North American skater, well back of his statistical contemporaries. Some of that is because his offensive game isn’t where his defensive game is and he has had to learn to play a little less as an individual. But he also played 25-plus minutes a night for most of this season against matchups he probably wasn’t ready for as a 17-year-old.
Hudson Thornton — LHD, Prince George Cougars, 5-foot-11 - He finished second among all WHL defencemen in goals (23) and fifth in points (74), both of which broke Cougars records. He has worn a letter for that team the last two years, has also penalty-killed for them for those two years, and has worked to harden his game defensively.
