ECHL South Carolina Stingrays

Stingrays Extend Qualifying Offers to Eight Players

Published on July 1, 2016 under ECHL (ECHL)
South Carolina Stingrays News Release


NORTH CHARLESTON, SC-The South Carolina Stingrays, proud ECHL affiliate of the Washington Capitals, announced today the club has extended qualifying offers to eight players.

Qualifying Offers were extended to the following players:

Forwards (4): Brett Cameron, Derek DeBlois, Joe Devin, Stephan Vigier

Forward/Defense (1): Marcus Perrier

Defensemen (3): Wade Epp, Colton Saucerman, Steve Weinstein

Players who had already signed a contract by June 30 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 2016-17 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.




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