That’s a good question, and I believe the answer is ‘yes.’ By no means would Nicastro be sought after in the way that Schultz was, but he also played a year of Junior after being drafted (but it was American Junior and not Canadian Junior, so maybe that’s the difference) before going to college… and then was removed from the team and eventually withdrawn. 

In theory, he would have become an unrestricted free agent 30 days after withdrawing from school, but there would be nothing stopping Detroit from signing him after those 30 days (just as Anaheim COULD HAVE signed Schultz if he wasn’t such a prima donna).