The Toledo Walleye announced today their season-ending roster, a list of players that the team now has exclusive rights to sign.
Every ECHL team must submit a season-ending roster, which may include up to 20 players but can't include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2017-18.
ECHL teams are entitled to reserve the rights to a maximum of eight players from the list by extending a qualifying offer no later than June 30.
There are 19 players on the Walleye's protected list.
The 12 forwards are Alden Hirschfeld, A.J. Jenks, Tyler Barnes, Kyle Bonis, Colin Jacobs, Charlie O’Connor, Christian Hilbrich, Shane Berschbach, Connor Crisp, Mike Embach, Austen Brassard, and Dane Walters.
The seven defensemen are Beau Schmitz, Trevor Hamilton, Parker Reno, Ryan Obuchowski, Kevin Lohan, Simon Denis, and Jamie Doornbosch.
Toledo's list does not include players who were under contract with the Walleye's American Hockey League affiliate, Grand Rapids, last season. Those players include goalie Pat Nagle, forwards Mike Borkowski, Dylan Sadowy, and Zach Nastasiuk, and defensemen Kevin Tansey and Patrick McCarron,
The qualifying offers that are made to the eight players on the list must remain open for acceptance until Aug. 1. Of the eight qualified players, no more than four can be veterans (those players that have competed in 260 regular-season pro games).
Players on open qualifying offers cannot be traded.
The first day of official signings began on June 16.
DEPARTURE: Former Walleye defenseman Kevin Gibson, who is the son of Detroit Tigers legend Kirk Gibson, has signed with rival Fort Wayne. Gibson signed with Toledo last October. He appeared in 54 games and had 13 points (3 G, 10 A). He also had a plus-minus rating of plus 18. But Gibson was released before the playoffs and did not appear in the postseason with the Walleye. He was a free agent and the Komets signed him on Monday.
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First Published June 18, 2018, 6:04 p.m.
