ECHL Announces Players With Qualifying Offers
Published on July 1, 2009 under ECHL (ECHL) News Release
PRINCETON, N.J. - The ECHL on Thursday released the list of players who received a valid qualifying offer from ECHL teams by the July 1 deadline.
Players who had already signed a contract by July 1 did not need to receive
a qualifying offer.
Each team was entitled to reserve the rights to a maximum of eight
qualified players. Of the eight qualified players, no more than four could
be veterans (260 regular season professional hockey games played as of the
start of the upcoming 2008-09 season). Players on open qualifying offers
can not be traded.
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until Aug. 1 at which
time the qualifying offer becomes null and void and the team may sign the
qualified player to any salary or may elect to take no further action.
Teams that extend a valid qualifying offer to a non-veteran player shall
retain the rights to that qualified player for one playing season.
A team that extends a valid qualifying offer to a veteran player will
retain the rights to that veteran until Aug. 1. After Aug. 1, if the
veteran player is not signed to a contract by the team, the veteran shall
be deemed a restricted free agent and shall be entitled to seek and secure
offers of employment from other ECHL teams. Restricted free agents may not
be traded. When a restricted free agent receives a contract offer from a
team other than the team with the player's rights and the restricted free
agent wishes to accept the contract offer, the restricted free agent and
the offering member must, within 24 hours, notify the ECHL, the team with
the player's rights and the Professional Hockey Players' Association. The
member with the player's rights shall have seven days after the date it is
notified to exercise its right to match the contract offer.
If a restricted free agent is not signed to either an offer sheet or a
contract by an ECHL team by August 31, the player shall be deemed an
unrestricted free agent.
Teams are not allowed to sign more than 24 players to contracts during the summer.
Alaska Aces
Doug
Krantz
Ryan
Turek
Matt
Stefanishion
Jean-Philippe
Lamoureux
Nick
Tuzzolino
Tyson
Marsh
Jordan
Foreman
Brett
Hemingway
Bakersfield Condors
Jerad
Kaufmann
Jay
Langager
Donny
Grover
Liam
Huculak
Matt
Pope
Charlotte Checkers
Michel
Leveille
Jeff
Jakaitis
Mitch
Carefoot
Jared
Nightingale
Peter
Tsimikalis
Matthew
Ford
Kevin
Schaeffer
Marty
Guerin
Cincinnati Cyclones
Jason
Woll
Mark
Van Guilder
Felix
Petit
Matt
Syroczynski
Jimmy
Kilpatrick
Justin
Johnson
Elmira Jackals
Josh
Aspenlind
Wes
Cunningham
Paul
McIlveen
Craig
Switzer
Guillaume
Lepine
Travis
Gawryletz
Brandon
Roach
Chris
Korchinski
Florida Everblades
Milan
Gajic
Ryan
Lang
Steve
McJannet
Patrick
Bordeleau
Alexandre
Parent
Brad
Herauf
Dominic
D'Amour
Michael
Grenzy
Gwinnett Gladiators
Jeff
Mason
Travis
Fuller
Phil
Youngclaus
Jordan
Fox
Pat
Bateman
Brandon
Kaleniecki
Josh
Engel
Idaho Steelheads
Bryan
McGregor
Steve
Gainey
Kory
Scoran
Riley
Weselowski
Travis
Wight
Johnstown Chiefs
Jarrett
Konkle
Ryan
Del Monte
Andrew
Sarauer
Andy
Contois
Todd
Griffith
Russ
Sinkewich
R.J.
Anderson
Alex
Penner
Las Vegas Wranglers
Tim
Spencer
Brandon
Straub
Dan
Riedel
Adam
Miller
Jason
Dest
Mick
Lawrence
Mike
Hamilton
Justin
Taylor
Ontario Reign
Kellen
Briggs
Andrew
Martens
Dusty
Collins
Mike
Howe
Dan
Knapp
Darren
McMillan
Dale
Reinhardt
Jason
Tejchma
Reading Royals
Ben
Gordon
Kirk
MacDonald
Brock
Hooton
Ryan
Cruthers
Kyle
Peto
Kyle
Rank
Kevin
Harvey
Ryan
Toomey
South Carolina Stingrays
Jeff
Corey
Pierre-Luc
O'Brien
Spencer
Carbery
Keith
Johnson
Johann
Kroll
Brad
Farynuk
Jonathan
Boutin
Zach
Tarkir
Stockton Thunder
Daryl
Marcoux
Oren
Eizenman
Igor
Gongalsky
Mark
Adamek
Judd
Blackwater
Mike
Lalonde
Kenny
MacAulay
Neil
Petruic
Trenton Devils
Jeremy
Akeson
Justin
Coutu
Charlie
Effinger
Dan
Eves
Thomas
Harrison
David
Leaderer
Dylan
Quaile
Scott
Bartlett
Utah Grizzlies
Mike
Walsh
Jordan
Hart
Tom
May
Tyler
Wooddisse
James
Sanford
Dan
McDonald
Peder
Skinner
Slavomir
Tomko
Victoria Salmon Kings
Andy
Brandt
Gary
Gladue
Matt
Kelly
Darryl
Lloyd
Chris
St. Jacques
Adam
Taylor
Tim
Wedderburn
Wheeling Nailers
Andrew
Lord
Chase
Watson
Scott
Kalinchuk
Aaron
Clarke
Billy
Ryan
Cliff
Loya
Jonathan
Ralph
Mitch
Ganzak
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