NHL unrestricted free agency may not open up until July 1, but we’re at the point in the hockey schedule when NCAA teams are having their seasons end, and their undrafted or unsigned players start becoming available.

With a 3-2 loss to Boston University on Saturday, Northeastern was eliminated in the Hockey East quarterfinal two games to none. This means that undrafted 22-year-old Zach Aston-Reese is free to negotiate and sign with an NHL team and, according to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, a few Canadian teams (Edmonton, Vancouver and Ottawa) are among the favourites to land him.

Aston-Reese scored 31 goals and 63 points in 37 games for the Huskies to lead all of Hockey East. Standing 6-foot, 204 pounds, Aston-Reese finishes his fourth — and best — season at the University. In 41 games last season, he managed 14 goals and 43 points.

A native of Staten Island, New York, Aston-Reese is also being pursued by the Pittsburgh Penguins, Friedman reports.

And Friedman notes Aston-Reese isn’t the only Northeastern player who will get interest from NHL teams, as former Flyers head coach John Stevens’ son (also named John) will see some attention.