The New York Rangers are no strangers to making college free agent signings — both drafted and undrafted. Neal Pionk, Kevin Hayes, Jimmy Vesey, John Gilmour, and Vinni Lettieri were all signed by the Rangers as college free agents. Of that group, both Pionk and Lettieri were undrafted.
The Rangers aren’t alone. Over the last few years Alex Iafallo, Zach Aston-Reese, Alex Kerfoot, Will Butcher, and Justin Kloos have made an impact in the AHL or NHL for the teams that signed them out of college.