ECHL Florida Everblades

Everblades Announce Protected List

Published on June 2, 2016 under ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades announced Thursday their protected list of players. The list of 25 players is comprised of ten defensemen and 15 forwards. This is the first of a three-step process in which ECHL teams use to reserve the rights to ECHL contracted players for the 2016-17 season

Defensemen (10)

Chase Golightly

Mark Nemec

Corey Syvret

Matt Stanisz

Logan Roe

Mike Cornell

Alexander Kuqali

Matt Mangene

Mike Little

Rob Florentino

Forwards (15)

David Wohlberg

Ethan Werek

Ryan Martindale

Brendan O'Donnell

Corey Cowick

Matt Marquardt

Jon DiSalvatore

Greg Gibson

Kevin Lynch

Mike Aviani

Evan Bloodoff

Gabriel Desjardins

Corey Trivino

Brant Harris

Ralph Cuddemi

Teams are allowed to protect as many players as they wish provided the players protected meet the guidelines as defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the ECHL and the Professional Hockey Players' Association which state that teams shall retain the rights to each player that:

1. Signed an SPC in 2015-16 with the Member, and has not been traded or released, OR

2. Signed an SPC in 2015-16, and was recalled to the NHL/AHL or IIHF team, and has not been traded or released, OR

3. Had received a Qualifying Offer last summer for the current Season, DID NOT sign an SPC, and has not been traded or released, OR

4. Has been suspended by the Member or League, and has not been traded or released, OR

5. Signed an SPC on or after the first day of the 2015-16 Regular Season, then subsequently signed an NHL/AHL contract, and has not been traded or released, OR

6. Has executed the ECHL Retirement Form, and has not been traded or released.

Protected lists may exceed 20 players.

The ECHL also announced that teams must complete all Future Consideration trades by 3 p.m. ET on June 13 and that teams must submit their Season-Ending Roster by 3 p.m. ET on June 15.

Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2015-16.




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