The Best UNDRAFTED Players in NHL History

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Hope y’all enjoyed!! If there’s anything or any player you think I missed comment below!!

[@logandetwiler4483]

loved all the info

[@patrickmalone14]

I did I love your content

[@JBTriple8]

Loved it i do have a soft spot for these kinda players

[@eliom3665]

Another Banger!!! Keep up the great work!

[@Pepsi_Mig]

Kris kunitz

[@realgauthier4111]

Fun fact: Saint-Louis was a Art Ross winner at the ripe old age of 38. The oldest Art Ross winner ever.

[@ScoDucks24]

THE 🐐

[@christianstokes4148]

@@ScoDucks24 no just stop...

[@noahdavison7575]

Your right, it happened during the shortened season.

[@frankyaeger675]

He won it because Crosby was out again but yeah still impressive

[@BigManHugeLarge]

Go Bolts!!! #StLouisismydaddy

[@jipster7028]

Adam Oates and Peter Statsny are two other great shouts. Oates is a top 5 passer in NHL history and Stastny was a top 5 forward in the 80s

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Adam Oates is heavily slept on.. Dude was a phenomenal playmaker. And yeah Statsny was originally the one giving Wayne a run for his money before Mario!

[@holup2691]

Wow! I didn’t even realise Oates was undrafted. Dude has a ridiculous amount of assists

[@someguy4194]

Stastny was the #2 points-getter of the 1980s, behind only Gretzky.

[@LoLeQ88]

fun fact, stastny means lucky in czech / slovak language.

[@salianni16]

Another player that should be on here should be Steve Thomas. He played in the 80s and 90s mainly with the Leafs but also with Chicago, Tampa and the Islanders. He scored over 400 goals in his career and was someone that you could always trust in any situation.

[@ISB97]

I just remembered that Gretzky went undrafted

[@danh5810]

He did, but that is a little unfair given that he went to the WHA before they were absorbed by the NHL.

[@orestes0883]

Yeah, there were definitely some who questioned Gretzky's size and weren't sure he could play at the NHL level, but he for sure would have been drafted had he not signed in the WHL for more money than NHL teams were paying at the time.

[@garystaudinger9034]

He was on a million dollar personal services contract with Nelson Skalbania he was highly regarded but could not play for anyone else. Skalbania sold his contract to his personal friend and fellow WHA owner Peter Pocklington.

[@Digital_PeterGriffin]

That was back when the NHL didn’t sign players as young as Gretzky was. The WHA signed young as they could in order to compete

[@Scalamander]

Tyler Bozak! Criminally underrated, had to play 1C for the Leafs in their dark years. Had he been in his prime during the last 3 seasons with the Leafs he would be considered one of the best 2C/3C players in the league. 434PTS in 740GP and to top it off a Stanley Cup. So happy Bozie got the cup

[@goodolboston4522]

Bobby Orr was not drafted. Though his track to the NHL is a whole different monster

[@darrenmuise4531]

He was signed out of Minor Hockey in 1962 and the NHL Amateur Draft was only established in 1963. The entry draft as we know it (or close) only came to be in 1979. In Orr's time, teams signed players and assigned them to their own Junior Teams. The Leafs, Red Wings and Canadiens were also pursuing Orr, but the Bruins were up and coming and appealed to Orr (quoted in interviews). It's amazing how scouting and acquiring talent from junior and minor leagues has always been the best way to build teams, however many teams have only caught up to that kind of thinking in the last 10 years.

[@darrenmuise4531]

Also, a 14 year old Orr played junior for the Oshawa Generals after he was signed, I believe the Bruins were 50% owners of that Franchise when it started. He was scouted and acquired very young.

[@ECESW]

Great video. Tretiak wore #20, not #22. Tretiak, the goalie whisperer, was goalie coach in Chicago for Belfour and Hasek despite not being able to speak English. Funny enough, the Hawks did offer Tretiak to play goalie, but he refused. He also coached Brodeur, and Theodore among others.

[@zacharyreichert5035]

I love that pretty much all of Belfour's highlight reel is just him hacking dudes. Perfect.

[@bangyahead1]

Cup check!!

[@jonmendelson1104]

I really hate that guy. “I'm a very loyal person. When someone shows that they want me, and they think I'm a winner and put me in that situation, I show a lot of loyalty to that person.” "Err wait, I know you guys traded for me and you're offering me $10.5M over 3 years but I think I'll go to Dallas for less money instead."

[@CommodoreFloopjack78]

Awesome to see my man Eddie Belfour on this list. He was a hell of a goalie in his time in Chicago (and beyond). Too bad Old Scrooge Wirtz decided to completely dismantle an otherwise spectacular squad. Cheap bastard.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Facts I love that Early 90s Hawks team. Extremely fun to watch!!

[@cidneysrosby1971]

Facts

[@bernie9728]

I got to see Eddie play up close when he played for the Saginaw Hawks. Later, I got to know him as a customer of mine. Later in life I owned a small equipment rental and service company. I was hired to do the service on Belfour's machine shop "Carman, Inc." in Freeland MI. I dealt mostly with his business partner because he was still playing at the time. In addition to his machine shop he also built custom cars. I still have a large autographed poster in my Garage. Great guy.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

@@bernie9728 what a great story dude! That’s awesome!

[@StevieDee64]

Adam Oates for sure should be in part 2 of this video. He was one of the greatest passers in NHL history.

[@michaelkeller5927]

Cujo was an absolute god in Edmonton. That Oilers team was pure energy and gave us a reason to love hockey again after our early 90s teams being so awful

[@17irod]

First of all Belfour wore number 20 not 22 like you said, yes he wore number 20 after Tretiak who is not only his idol but his trainer! Tretiak trained Belfour, Belfour would often stop by Tretiaks goalie hockey school, I remember seeing him two straight years back when I was at his school helping train goalies and my little brother who was one of the promising goalies there who wouldn’t make it to nhl due to injuries!!!

[@1bert719]

I always thought Ed Belfour benefited from a solid defence in Chicago and Dallas, but when he went to Toronto he proved me wrong even as he aged, I now think he made his defence look better. Cujo never even played AAA hockey, just single A. Great career against all the odds.

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

I gotta say, Cujo was 1 of the most popular goalies of all time. League wide, him and Vanbiesbrouck were more popular than Roy and Brodeur ever were. Yet they never won the cup, and its a shame neither are in the hall yet. But based on how insanely popular they were, I think they will be some day, especially Cujo because of his career record.

[@ajpdeschenes]

Cujo also has an Olympic gold medal (on two Olympic selections, 1998 and 2002). But he only played 1 game during the 2002 Salt Lake City and allowed 5 goals...

[@saltywingsandavsfan]

St Louis is one of my favorite players ever

[@drgnslayers]

he has bested EVERYONE who was drafted during St. Louis' eligibility

[@tgs2141]

Martin St Louis is one of my favourite players of all time, amazing stick handing and a creative mind, love watching highlights of him

[@idontgivetkachuk]

He’s a fantastic player for sure!!

[@JunkratJoules]

@@idontgivetkachuk MSL is a fantastic coach now. Love him!

[@Joshua-uq2pn]

Takes heart, st. Louis had a ton of heart in that small body!

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Yessir. As someone who’s on the shorter side I love Marty.. Except for what he did to the Flames :(

[@moharikram1687]

I know that guy will never be in this video due to his good reputation of staying low. Joe Mullen - top scorer of 89 Calgary winning team and an important cog on Pittsburgh double on early 90's. His entry is quiet. His peak is quiet and his exit is quiet. I think people don't even know he is a HOF lol....

[@idontgivetkachuk]

As a Flames fan ofc I know Joey Mullen!! Dude was a stud for sure!

[@danielkelleher2419]

Mullen was the first American to score 500 goals ! He also was the first player to score 20 or more goals in the minors and the NHL in the same year! Great player at Boston College!

[@Pensfan5919]

I always think of Smilin' Joe as the first modern American sharpshooter in the NHL. Him being on the THIRD LINE of those Penguins Cup winning teams in the early 90s really should tell you just how loaded they were. Mullen would've easily been top billing anywhere else, like he was with Calgary.

[@LargeBasstafarian]

Marty's "deep" playoff run with the Rangers was ended by the Tampa Bay Lightning. In that series, the Rags were on a 5-3 power play, when Marty turned it over at the blue line to a young, under-sized, undrafted player Tyler Johnson, who took to the other end and scored the SH goal. Irony

[@lofty97]

Fun fact: Vladimir Tarasenko is Panarina best friend and when he got drafted, he told St. Louis that he was a superstar talent and should draft him, they didnt

[@BunnEFartz]

Dino Ciccarelli was never drafted because he broke his leg in his draft year and it was thought it he would never play again.

[@romangagne5842]

St.Louis while in the Calgary system played parts of two seasons with the Saint John Flames and had seasons here in Saint John NB!

[@crackcorn0404]

Geoff Cournall was undrafted. Not a hall of famer, but my favorite player all time. Five 30+ goal seasons with 1,048 games played and 799 points. He could skate, hit, score, and grind. The kind of player every team wants.

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

Martin St Louis was the Theoren Fleury (5'6) of his era. Fleury only played 14 seasons and won the cup, was an all star, was very popular, and has over 1000 points, over a PPG. Him not being in the hall is literally only because of his size, because he was hit so much in the rough 89-04 era... that he retired before he could pad his stats like guys like Recchi and Andreychuk and Brind Amour did for examples.

[@MickLoud999]

My fave player that was drafted but should have gone unnoticed is Patrik Hornqvist. He was drafted LAST in 2005. Only 7 of the over 200 players drafted before him have more career points than he has. He has won the Stanley Cup twice and scored the cup clinching goal for the Pens as well.

[@ECESW]

Adam Oates also belongs on this list.

[@MrDarenhayes]

thats what i was thinkin too...

[@kenarthur6253]

I put Nick Backstrom at the top of my list. 1 all-star game in his amazing career. WTH???

[@tomashabs]

The man the myth the legend Martin st smurf

[@Cofferinho]

Hope Gretzky on here

[@toddcribbs12]

Martin st. Louis is actually one of the best players I've ever seen

[@jasonhuibers2315]

Eddie the Eagle was my favorite goalie. His mask was iconic and had an amazing career

[@brickwall4335]

You should do a part 2 that was amazing

[@tomashabs]

I agree

[@rubberband1929]

I remember montreal showed interest in panarin but than chicago signed him

[@PRYVTgomerPYLE]

Cujo is my favorite goalie of all time!

[@bconigliaro]

You missed a Hall of Famer who wasn't drafted: Joe Mullen. I was born in 1956 but I knew how great Tris Speaker was by the time I was around 10.

[@oblivion2674]

Cujo is one of if not the funnest goalie to watch

[@jadenippersiel912]

it was a bigger mistake to trade away Panarin once the Hawks had him

[@TwoCents302]

Curtis Joseph looks like bill hader lol

[@idontgivetkachuk]

😂😂

[@Musicrecords10]

Wow.. Flames gave him a chance in the league, then he steals the cup from them

[@MoneyHoneyBunny]

Its a shame that Chicago took a chance on both Hasek AND Belfour, and won cups with neither. I mean they were terrible for like 13 YEARS after 95... until Kane Toews Keith Seabrook and Sharp came along.

[@PZYK0PATH]

Great vid👍

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thanks sm man!

[@dunnock343]

I know it’s subjective, but I bet you can’t find a cleaner, better executed, and harder hit then the one Brian Campbell put on RJ Umburger.

[@Matthews34]

Before I watch, I’m sure it’s a good vid

[@tomashabs]

Thomas H. Of course

[@nhlhockeynewsreports5360]

5k wow your awesome 😎

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thanks sm man!!

[@terrybono5995]

15:39 i remember this fantastic goal

[@danh5810]

Even though this comment is about an athlete who DID get drafted in the NHL, Tom Glavine has the privilege of being drafted ahead of Brett Hull and Luc Robitaille in 1984.

[@drgnslayers]

Tom Brady was drafted in the 18th round by the Montreal Expos during the 1995 MLB Draft and Daunte Culpepper, in the 26th round by the New York Yankees. Both have preferred to play football than baseball

[@toddcribbs12]

The first Stanley Cup championship for the Tampa Bay Lightning

[@dennismakarov93]

Salutations Mr.idontgivetkachuk tremendous video as always my dear friend!

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thanks Dennis! Thanks for stopping by!

[@dennismakarov93]

@@idontgivetkachuk no problemo mr.idontgivetkachuk

[@BiG_JJ227]

I slow but this is a great video how about snubbed award winners just a suggestion

[@ronproietti6050]

Oh yea,, one of my fav's,, being a redwing fan,, Adam Oates.. Undrafted and a hall of famer,,, bad trade to the blues for B Federko...wow !!!

[@kingatlas3160]

Tampa has two jerseys retired and one of them is st.Louie

[@samuelmorris889]

This guy sounds very similar to KTO, am I the only one who hears it?

[@amina-pr8xt]

Do you have a video with an overview of players who were drafted but never played in the NHL ?

[@bangyahead1]

In 1994 I said "The Stars will never win the Cup until they have Joe Neiuwendyk at center and Ed Belfour in net," and all my friends said I was crazy, it would never happen.... Uh, yeah. Who was right yet again? LOL That was also the same year when the Rangers eliminated the Devils and less than two seconds after the Devil were eliminated I said "The Devils are going to win the Cup next year," and again, my friends all said I was crazy "It'll never happen" to which I replied "The Rangers just got really lucky against that team. Next season the Devils will not be denied."

[@hockeybrod3076]

Great vid

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thanks sm man!

[@riverspence1287]

8:40 😂😂

[@colesiebert6829]

Burrows? Worked from the coast to the show

[@1-upking119]

Calgary: boots Marty Martin St. Louis with Tampa in 2004: “So anyways, I started scoring.”

[@idontgivetkachuk]

😭😭😭😭

[@Wizlo_OP]

Not fun fact: Saint Louis never play for St.Louis 😐

[@idontgivetkachuk]

😂😂

[@theturtlefamily9531]

"Giordanno will go down as one of the best flames defensemen in history" Al MacInnis go brrrr

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Said one of for a reason.. BECAUSE of MacInnis. Im a Flames fan I should know lol.

[@michaelkeller5927]

Phil Housley on that short list too.

[@waterdrinker_]

Burrows was undrafted and scored one of the greatest canucks goals of all time

[@idontgivetkachuk]

“HES SLAYED THE DRAGON!!”

[@hockeyeverything4339]

Tretiak was 20. But great video

[@csnide6702]

Pat Verbeek..... Dino Ciccerelli..... over 1100 goals there.......

[@danaj4778]

Dino was a Ranger killer.

[@journeyman2003]

I don’t remember cujo on the flames, am I the only one?

[@jacobthehuman8537]

8:39 😂😂😂

[@idontgivetkachuk]

😂😂😂 thank u for the time stamp for that one XD

[@kylelakowski94]

Belfour was crazy man ahahhaha

[@hickettsisepic989]

Hicketts better be on here 😤

[@idontgivetkachuk]

😳 Gretzky who

[@iron60bitch62]

Interesting observation and no disrespect meant Wayne Gretzky turned out to be the greatest ever on the planet as far as a player why was he so poor as a coach I have my theory but that would be a great topic going forward for a video of players who try to become coaches who were not successful or players who barely got 10 games went on to be great coach

[@vanhattfield8292]

My take on him being a coach is that he was in his own world as a player and was not treated the same or went through the same kinds of hardships most players had to go through, and I that affected his ability to relate to them as a coach. He never had to be a tough guy, fight his own battles or be on the wrong side of a call and although I think that players respect his achievemenmts and recognize him as the goat, he isn't relatable to the average player and that ended up hurting him as a coach.

[@Jaxson204Volleyball]

Imagine panarin and kaner

[@stevenloeffler1266]

panarin = goat

[@threemonkeys4704]

Goat? Where? Maybe in his home town.

[@Zenxolu]

Panarin and Kane had such chemistry it was crazy, but then Stan Bowman was like "lolololol 2 years and bye bye" Good riddance...

[@brandongeorge1454]

love the video but gretzky never had a choice when he was undrafted and sent to the oilers theres a video on this the winnipeg's jets old gm said that gretzky was too small and he would get killed in the league they could have him (oilers).

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Ah thanks! I remember hearing that story, but I read he had a factor in deciding. Guess not.

[@innyikoli6868]

Love you Gio!!!

[@patrickmalone14]

Why don’t you have more subs you content is like 100 k level

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Thanks sm dude!! That means a lot!

[@chrispswann6825]

Adam Oates

[@MoleculeG]

Didn’t see Chris Kunitz in there.

[@eggymcmuffin6420]

Nice

[@jcanfieldschatz]

If you are an avid hockey fan.. You know Gretzky was not drafted ☺

[@ianj454]

Torey Krug

[@AndrewK80]

Belfour led the Blackhawks to the Stanley Cup Finals in '92, not 91'.

[@richrealdeal6606]

Is it just me or Panarin looks like Russian Patrick Kane ?

[@idontgivetkachuk]

No wonder the two meshed so well eh? 😂

[@TheChronicFiend]

Gretzky played mostly those non nhl level whl teams after the merge...think about that...mike bossy az a better point % than he does

[@kokanee2010a]

flames have had many undrafted players , and we had a loser tkachuk before we got Matthew , we took daniel tkachuk over hossa and samsonov .

[@toddcribbs12]

Dino ciccarelli is one of the best

[@chrisbee9643]

LEAFS NATION WILL LOVE CUJO FOREVER!!!!!

[@shmuelstieglitz5507]

Sergio bobrovsky was never drafted

[@kimmy123763]

to small. you mean like dough gilmore or mitch marner ?

[@trisgilmour]

Cool 😎

[@anonymousanonymous1338]

I’m sorry what the fuck was Cujo doing at 8:38?

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Attacking the refs 💀

[@lukaradzik8545]

I listened to that game on the radio when I was 11. I was grounded so no TV. Lol he slipped that's all

[@bernarddussault2365]

no Bobby Clark ?????

[@threemonkeys4704]

Before watching I will tell you the very best undrafted player. His name is MIKE KEANE!!!

[@jgoog7442]

I was undrafted.

[@idontgivetkachuk]

L. Imagine passing up on Goog smh 🤦‍♂️

[@markmearth1]

Oh? I will GOOGle your name! 😄

[@kevinm919]

no Burrows ?

[@Bruh-il7ju]

It was in 04

[@idontgivetkachuk]

?? 03-04 is the 2004 season lol

[@curtyg49]

Wayne Gretzky was never drafted by the NHL

[@idontgivetkachuk]

Never said he was

[@10YearOldTom]

Didn't Panarin have too much experience ? He was like 24

[@idontgivetkachuk]

The rule is if you’re Under 25 u can qualify for the Calder!! Hence how he was able to win it!!

[@logandetwiler4483]

First

[@idontgivetkachuk]

😎🔥