Longtime NHL executive Brian Burke said it best when he described signing an undrafted free agent as a lot like finding a discarded wallet on the street. Most of the time there’s nothing in there, but every once in a while you’ll find a couple bucks.

Today, we’re going to look at which undrafted NCAA free agents just might carry a little NHL currency, and hope to steer clear of the ones as barren as a Blockbusters cash register in the twilight of the oughts.

We’re barely out of the gates, and it’s going to be a long season, even if the games are fewer and the teams less numerous. A lot can change between now and the campaign’s end, when many of these players will indulge the NHL teams lining up one after the other to compete for their services.

So, take this list for what it is — a watch l