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This morning the Senators announced<\/a> that the organization has signed undrafted free agent Parker Kelly to a three-year entry level contract.<\/p>\n The 18-year old recently attended this summer’s development camp as a invitee and obviously he impressed management enough to not only garner an invite to the organization’s training camp but also land his first professional contract.<\/p>\n So what is there to know about Parker Kelly?<\/p>\n Well, Kelly spent much of his draft year failing to pique the attention and interests of scouts. Kelly only scored four goals in the first half of the 2016-17 WHL season and after only registering eight goals and 19 points in 68 games the previous season with the Prince Albert Raiders, it’s easy to understand why scouts would be leery of him.<\/p>\n As a relatively diminutive player — Eliteprospects.com<\/a> lists him at 5’11 and 168 lbs — that kind of production isn’t going to move the needle. That Prince Albert was one of the worst teams in the WHL last season probably didn’t help Kelly’s cause either. Struggling players on bad teams tend to get overlooked.<\/p>\n A funny thing happened in the second half of the 2016-17 season however. Kelly started to find the score sheet and the back of the net consistently.<\/p>\n Wheel, snipe, Kelly boys. Parker Kelly puts the Raiders up 2-1. Kelly has points on both Raider goals, and 7 goals in as many March games pic.twitter.com\/fzheJi2ep9<\/a><\/p>\n — Jeff D'Andrea (@Jeff_paNOW) March 15, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n