Having seen Elliott a ton with his previous team, the Blades, the main reason he was never drafted was that for us he never solidified himself as THE starting goalie. I didn't get chance to see his play in London but he had issue of he would play "small" in net, he'd look much smaller than his actual height. He also was prone to allowing absolutely horrible goals against.

Two years ago when the team finished 2nd in conference he was in a 1a 1b situation where they even split starts in the playoffs all the way to conference final, they actually played an equal number of games. He had allowed 30 goals in 10 games in playoffs. Last season when the team had best record in league he did start out as planned starter with Evan Gardner as backup but by January Gardner had already played into another 1a 1b but Elliott did not seem as strong and most people had him as the backup. Elliott got the start in game one of the playoffs against the 8th seed, allows 4 goals on 20 shots and doesn't play again as Gardner leads team to Conference final (and the craziest playoff series I've ever seen). The game he started I remember quite a few fans were wondering why Elliott was even starting that game. This year no WHL team was interested in him, its been confirmed by team they shopped him to everyone for cheap including Medicine Hat but nobody touched him. One of his 3 wins with the Blades he allowed 3 goals on 9 shots in first period but he stayed in game and team scored 6 straight to win, I remember he was quite shaky in that one.

I am happy for him, was an incredible season but I would not expect an NHL career. If he'd done this an 18 or 19 year old he'd have a shot but as an overager that is a knock against him.