Steelheads extend qualifying offers to seven players
Published on July 1, 2004 under ECHL (ECHL)
Idaho Steelheads News Release
BOISE, Idaho - The Idaho Steelheads today announced it has made qualifying offers to seven players who were with the team during the 2003-04 season, meeting the July 1st league deadline: Cornacchia, David; Galbraith, Lance; Hay, Darrell; Keup, Ben; Kopecky, Jan; Mounsey, Mick; and Vandermeer, Dan.
Players who had already signed a contract by July 1st did not need to receive qualifying offers. The Steelheads have not yet announced any signed players.
Each team was entitled to reserve rights to a maximum of eight qualified players. Of the eight qualified players, no more than four could be veterans (288 regular season professional hockey games played as of the start of the upcoming 2004-05 season). Players on open qualifying offers can not be traded.
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until August 1st 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 August 1st. After August 1st, 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 31st, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
The Steelheads open its second season in the ECHL at home in defense of the Kelly Cup on October 22nd against the Alaska Aces. Season tickets and mini-plans are currently available by calling (208) 383-0080.
ECHL Stories from July 1, 2004
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- Gladiators extend qualifying offers - Atlanta Gladiators
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- Garrow remains in Gulls' nest 2004-2005 - San Diego Gulls
- Rivermen Re-sign Four; Extend Qualifying Offers to Six More - Peoria Rivermen
- Falcons Extend Qualifying Offers to Seven Players - Fresno Falcons
- Eight Players Receive Qualifying Offers - Pensacola Ice Pilots
- Players With Signed ECHL Contracts As Of June 30 - ECHL
- ECHL Releases List of 178 Qualified Players - ECHL
- Steelheads extend qualifying offers to seven players - Idaho Steelheads
- Sea Wolves Qualify Five Players - Mississippi Sea Wolves
- IceGators send out Qualifying Offers - Louisiana IceGators
- Wranglers sign Attard and Wright - Las Vegas Wranglers
- Eight Is Indeed Enough - Atlantic City Boardwalk Bullies
- Crane and Pittman return - Trenton Devils
- Aces dispatch eight qualifying offers - Alaska Aces
- Royals Make Qualifying Offers to Maximum Eight Players - Reading Royals
- Qualifying Offers Extended to Barber and Lent - San Diego Gulls
- Titans qualify four players - Trenton Devils
- Grrrowl qualify six and sign two - Greenville Grrrowl
- Thrashers Sign Gladiators Top Scorer - Atlanta Gladiators
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