Jordie Bellerive upside?

[cheese_cake]

If you watched the Penguins prospect team in this year's prospect challenge, you might have spotted Jordie Bellerive (7 pts in 3 games). Today the Penguins have signed him to his ELC: https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/pe...ve/c-291102338

Anyone knows anything about his upside and if he's a candidate for the team this year or the next?

Thanks

[The Black Panther]

http://www.post-gazette.com/sports/p...s/201709080201

[Axeman33]

I've never heard his name before reading this thread.

[ericdaoust]

He may have looked good for a couple games but to me the elephant in the room is he was undrafted. There's a reason for that and he'll have to show more over a longer stretch to get on the radar. Of course there's long-term potential here but the same applies to about 1000 other prospects.

[tcat]

Bump.

This dude signs with Pitt, still 18 for 3 months, leading his team with 76 points in 54 GP. The next guy , a 21 yr old Estephan had a similar PPG before getting traded. The next guy after that on the team is top 2018 draft prospect defenceman Addison with 50 points.

17th in the league in PPG but also the youngest of that top 17, splitting hairs as Glass is only a month older.

How has he not gotten more coverage??

[lucafen4]

He may have looked good for a couple games but to me the elephant in the room is he was undrafted. There's a reason for that and he'll have to show more over a longer stretch to get on the radar. Of course there's long-term potential here but the same applies to about 1000 other prospects.

There have been loads of players go undrafted in their draft year just to be drafted in yr 2 or even yr 3. I’d worry a lot less about him going undrafted at 18 than if he were turning 20.

That said, at 18 and still draft eligible, it’s interesting they could go out and sign him. Will more teams start making these signings if they’re short draft picks?