What are the rules in signing undrafted players?

[nyqvististhefuture 1,002]

I was checking up on Russia's camp roster for the junior championships and saw svechnikov and his linemate was invited to camp together ... Fellow Russian

Went and check on hockeydb and he's undrafted ... He's gonna be 20 next month, thing is he only 155 but he produces and I was wondering if a team wanted to sign him or someone during the year that wasn't drafted they can't right?

Guessing it's only after the draft teams can invite players to camp and then sign them if they want or else teams have to wait till the following draft day or when they are past draft eligible age?(22?)

[rooter2309 28]

Is it Lazarev you are talking about? I was wondering about him too, but believe he is draft eligible

[nyqvististhefuture 1,002]

Ya was talking about him ...ya I'm guessing he's draft eligible since he's turning 20 next month and some players who were 20 were selected last draft

He's only 5'10 159 I believe but I'm sure someone Will take him in the later rounds ... I'm guessing though if we Invited him to camp before the start of the season we could of signed him like we did Joe hicketts

Pretty sure we can't sign him now if we wanted to though

[amato 3,210]

If he's still draft eligible, we can't sign him now.. if he aged out of the draft, I think we could?

Not 100% sure on that and if he's just about to turn 20, he should still be draft eligible..? I'm not too sure about the age limits.

[DickieDunn 2,571]

He couldn't be signed now even if he wasn't draft eligible because he's obligated to finish the season in Russia.

[BottleOfSmoke 5,965]

I feel like the rules can be summed up as

Finders keepers losers weepers

And then some other technical stuff.

[rooter2309 28]

Here is an article I remember reading last month talking about Lazarev,Svechnikov, and Pierre Luc Dubois.

http://www.sportsnet.ca/hockey/juniors/next-up-chl-screaming-eagles-islanders-spitfires-duubois-point-svechnikov-lazarev-sprong-nhl-draft-ohl-qmjhl-whl/

"Lazarev, who is undrafted but did attend Chicago’s camp this year, was a force picking up a hat trick and adding a helper, Dubois tallied four points (a goal and three assists) while Svechnikov added a goal and a helper."

<div id="4624212253001" "class="brightcove-video-containing-block" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(1, 1, 1); font-family: ff-din-web, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 32px;">