ECHL Announces Players with Qualifying Offers
Published on July 2, 2010 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 2010-11 season). Players on open qualifying offers cannot 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 Aug. 31, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
Alaska Aces
Alexandre Imbeault
John Lammers
Tyson Marsh
Curtis Fraser
Nick Tuzzolino
Frank Doyle
Nils Backstrom
Judd Blackwater
Bakersfield Condors
Mark Voakes
Stephane Goulet
Ken Morin
Adam Naglich
Evan Stoflet
Dan Kissel
Cincinnati Cyclones
Jamie Coghlan
Brett Robinson
Matt Pierce
Kevin Roeder
Chris Morehouse
Brock Sheahan
Brian O'Hanley
Brett Motherwell
Elmira Jackals
Chaz Johnson
Brett Gallant
Olivier Proulx
Guillaume Lepine
Tyler Donati
Thomas Beauregard
Justin Donati
Yannick Tifu
Florida Everblades
Tim Maxwell
Shea Guthrie
Eric Lampe
Phil Paquet
Mitch McColm
Scott Hotham
Matt Caria
Adrien Lemay
Greenville Road Warriors
Maxime Gratchev
Troy Schwab
Andrew Carroll
Wes Cunningham
Brendan Connolly
Julien Brouillette
Jim McKenzie
Colin Power
Gwinnett Gladiators
Jason Lawrence
Jamie Fritsch
Mike Radja
Drew Paris
Nick St. Pierre
Matt Caruana
Adam Berti
Tom Zanoski
Idaho Steelheads
Mark Derlago
Mark McCutcheon
Evan Barlow
Dustin Friesen
Steve Oleksy
John Swanson
Ashton Rome
Tyler Spurgeon
Kalamazoo Wings
Mathieu Curadeau
Darryl Lloyd
Brian McGuirk
Rick Cleaver
Jeff Mason
Tom Morrow
Ryan McGinnis
Devin Featherstone
Las Vegas Wranglers
Jeff Hazelwood
Michael Ouzas
Ryan Weston
Craig Switzer
Greg Collins
Adam Miller
Kyle Hagel
Mick Lawrence
Ontario Reign
James McEwan
Greg Hogeboom
Jon Rheault
Geoff Walker
Curtis Darling
Peter Lenes
Mike Zacharias
Chris Curran
Reading Royals
Ben Gordon
Aaron Brocklehurst
Ryan Cruthers
Scott Langdon
Jimmy Fraser
Andrew Sarauer
Charlie Kronschnabel
South Carolina Stingrays
Keith Johnson
Johann Kroll
Zach Tarkir
Nikita Kashirsky
Todd Ford
Matt Fornataro
Stockton Thunder
Anthony Aiello
Aaron Clarke
Jason Pitton
Igor Gongalsky
Oren Eizenman
Chris D'Alvise
Ryan Constant
Matt Robinson
Toledo Walleye
Ryan Stokes
Adam Keefe
Evan Rankin
Chris Robertson
Mike Hedden
Chris Zarb
Trenton Devils
Jeremy Akeson
Dan Charleston
Jack Combs
Justin Coutu
Dan Eves
David Leaderer
Justin Pender
Chris Poli
Utah Grizzlies
Dov Grumet-Morris
Justin Suda
Matt Sorteberg
Brian Kilburg
Dylan Hunter
Brock Wilson
Marcus Carroll
Victoria Salmon Kings
Kris Fredheim
Chad Painchaud
Patrick Coulombe
Glenn Fisher
Olivier Latendresse
Neil Petruic
Jason Bast
Wheeling Nailers
Chris Davis
Billy Ryan
Kyle Bushee
Kevin Schmidt
Andrew Lord
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