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Everblades Extend Qualifying Offers to Seven Players

July 2, 2012 - ECHL (ECHL)
Florida Everblades News Release


ESTERO, FL - The Florida Everblades announced today that the team has issued qualifying offers to seven players for the 2012-13 season.

Qualifying offers are only issued to players who were under ECHL contracts with Florida last season. NHL or AHL contracted players who played for the Everblades last season are not eligible to receive a qualifying offer..

The following is the list of players who received qualifying offer for the 2012-13 season :

Brandon MacLean (F)

Matt Marquardt (F)**

Trevor Bruess (F)

Luc Tardif (F)

Leigh Salters (F)

David Fischer (D)

Mike Ratchuk (D)

**Classified as Veteran Player

Qualifying Offer Information:

Those players who had already signed a contract by July 1 did not need to receive a qualifying offer. Each team is 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 2012-13 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.

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The Everblades will open up their 15th anniversary season at home on October 13 against the Orlando Solar Bears. Season ticket packages are currently available, starting at $290 per seat for all 36 home games. Partial-season packages start as low as $150, and offer a flexible option for fans. For more information on all available packages, call the Everblades office at 239-948-7825, or visit the team online at www.floridaeverblades.com.

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