ECHL Releases List Of Players With Qualifying Offers
Published on July 3, 2008 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.
ECHL Qualifying Offers List
ALASKA ACES
Kimbi
Daniels
Olivier
Filion
Derek
Gustafson
Joey
Hope
Michael
Lambert
Peter
Metcalf
Eric
Neilson
Matt
Robinson
AUGUSTA LYNX
Matt
Auffrey
Anthony
Battaglia
Chris
Brooks
Travis
Fuller
John
Laliberte
Ken
Scuderi
Aaron
Slattengren
Chase
Watson
BAKERSFIELD CONDORS
Mark
Derlago
Jason
Goulet
Chris
Kaufman
Tim
Konsorada
Jay
Langager
CHARLOTTE CHECKERS
Chris
Capraro
Trevor
Frischmon
Jeff
Kyrzakos
Ryan
Murphy
Jared
Nightingale
Colin
Sinclair
Mark
Smith
Matt
Waddell
CINCINNATI CYCLONES
Jean-Michel
Daoust
Barret
Ehgoetz
Billy
Irish-Baker
T.J.
McElroy
Matt
Macdonald
Sean
Perkins
Scott
Reynolds
Matt
Syroczynski
DAYTON BOMBERS
Bobby
Chaumont
Chris
Eade
Chanse
Fitzpatrick
Peter
Flache
Grant
Goeckner-Zoeller
Ryan
MacGregor
Ryan
Reid
Yannick
Tifu
ELMIRA JACKALS
Benoit
Doucet
Pierre-Luc
Faubert
Luke
Fritshaw
Matt
Gens
Adam
Henrich
Elgin
Reid
Bobby
Robins
Kevin
Ulanski
FLORIDA EVERBLADES
Preston
Callander
Steve
Czech
Derek
Damon
Brad
Herauf
Brett
Peterson
Brad
Zancanaro
FRESNO FALCONS
Spencer
Carbery
Oren
Eizenman
Louis-Philippe
Lachance
Stuart
MacRae
Brian
O'Hanley
Matt
Quinn
Matt
Stefanishion
Joe
Van Culin
GWINNETT GLADIATORS
Jeff
Campbell
Lou
Dickenson
Jim
Jackson
Craig
Kowalski
Jeff
Mason
Jamie
Milam
Brad
Schell
Jon
Sitko
IDAHO STEELHEADS
Mark
Bomersback
Kellen
Briggs
Craig
Cescon
Taggart
Desmet
Greg
Rallo
Brent
Shepheard
Mike
Sullivan
JOHNSTOWN CHIEFS
Justin
Coutu
Brian
Deeth
Greg
Gallagher
Ryan
Garlock
Alexandre
Imbeault
Mike
Knight
Andrew
Martens
Vincent
Zaore
LAS VEGAS WRANGLERS
Gerry
Burke
Kelly
Czuy
Justin
Donati
Curtis
Fraser
Jason
Krischuk
Mike
Madill
Gerard
Miller
Marco
Peluso
MISSISSIPPI SEA WOLVES
Jason
Beeman
Andy
Contois
Gio
Flamminio
Mark
Hurtubise
Bill
LeClerc
Kyle
McAllister
Brandon
Scero
ONTARIO REIGN
John
Adams
Brandon
Benedict
Scott
Champagne
Michael
Grenzy
Corey
LeClair
David
Schulz
Max
Taylor
Kris
Tebbs
PHOENIX ROADRUNNERS
Matt
Carter
Rob
Dmytruk
Gino
Guyer
Dave
McKee
Mathieu
Melanson
Bryan
Nathe
Sean
O'Connor
Tom
Sawatske
READING ROYALS
Chris
Blight
Shawn
Collymore
Bracken
Kearns
Charlie
Kronschnabel
Mike
Salekin
Kevin
Saurette
Kevin
Schaeffer
Joe
Zappala
SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS
Chris
Chaput
Matt
Smith
Paul
McIlveen
Marc
Busenburg
Mike
Gabinet
STOCKTON THUNDER
Tim
Boron
Adam
Huxley
Brian
Lee
Luke
Lynes
Ryan
MacMurchy
Lance
Monych
Brandon
Schwartz
TRENTON DEVILS
Eric
Castonguay
Luke
Fulghum
Ryan
Gunderson
Thomas
Harrison
Maxime
Ouellet
Jay
Pemberton
Colin
Pepperall
Stephen
Wood
UTAH GRIZZLIES
Ryan
Cruthers
Ryan
Kinasewich
Evan
Kotsopoulos
Nathan
Lawson
Sean
Offers
Travis
Rycroft
James
Sanford
Andy
Sertich
VICTORIA SALMON KINGS
Taylor
Christie
Jacob
Dietrich
Gary
Gladue
Ash
Goldie
Derek
Krestanovich
Brady
Leavold
Billy
Thompson
WHEELING NAILERS
Sean
Berkstresser
Julien
Brouillette
Sean
Collins
Curtis
Darling
Tyson
Marsh
Steve
McJannet
Chris
Snavely
Todd
Spencer
ECHL
The ECHL celebrated its 20th Anniversary in 2007-08 and is the
third-longest tenured professional hockey league behind only the National
Hockey League and the American Hockey League.
The Premier 'AA' Hockey League began in 1988-89 with five teams in four
states and has grown to be a coast-to-coast league that will play with 23
teams in 16 states and British Columbia in 2008-09.
The league officially changed its name to ECHL on May
19, 2003.
The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 30 teams in the NHL in 2007-08,
marking the 11th consecutive season that the league has had affiliations
with at least 20 teams in the NHL.
There have been 355
former ECHL players who have gone on to play in the NHL after playing in
the ECHL, including 99 in the last three seasons. There have been 210
former ECHL players who have played their first game in the NHL in the past
seven seasons.
There are 15 coaches in the NHL who have ECHL experience including former
Mississippi and current Washington Capitals coach Bruce
Boudreau, who is the 2007-08 winner of the NHL
Coach of the Year award, and former Wheeling coach Peter Laviolette,
who is head coach of the Carolina Hurricanes.
The ECHL is represented for the eighth consecutive year on the National
Hockey League championship team in 2008 with Detroit Red Wings forward Aaron
Downey.
The ECHL has affiliations with 26 of the 29 teams in the American Hockey
League in 2007-08 and for the past 19 years there has been an ECHL player
on the Calder Cup champion.
In the last six seasons the ECHL has had more call ups to the AHL than all
other professional leagues combined with over 2,300 call ups involving more
than 1,200 players. In each of the last three seasons there have been more
than 225 players who have played in both the ECHL and the AHL in the same
season.
Further information on the ECHL is available from its website at ECHL.com.
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