The Vancouver Canucks find themselves leaving the Alex Kerfoot sweepstakes empty-handed after being so close to acquiring the NCAA free agent forward’s services. The 5-foot-10, 175-pound centreman was regarded as the top NCAA forward available in the open market.
While Kerfoot isn’t a guy who is set to become a stud top-six NHL forward by any means, he does bring a fast, skilled game that is suitable to today’s NHL.
Kerfoot comes to the NHL as a 23-year-old after being drafted back in 2012, so it’s not like he was a blue-chip prospect. The hype was built around his background as the co-captain of the Harvard Crimsons team and a Hobey Baker finalist as one of the NCAA’s top players.