The college free agent frenzy – for better or worse – is always an exciting time in the hockey world. It allows teams to sign a potential player without giving up any assets for that player – although history would suggest that the whole ordeal is overhyped.
There’s two phases of college free agency. The first phase, which is now currently underway, is that college seniors who have no previous NHL affiliation (undrafted) are free to sign with any NHL club (or any team in general) as soon as their respective college season ends.
The Hurricanes have dipped into the phase one pool in previous years.