Offseason Headquarters

Welcome to Offseason Headquarters, where we take a deep dive into the players who suited up for the Solar Bears during the 2024-25 season, and keep you up to speed on their next moves for the upcoming 2025-26 season.

Here are some important dates ahead of the Solar Bears during the offseason:

Protected List: June 8, 3 p.m. ET

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 2024-25 with the Member, and has not been traded or released, OR

2. Signed an SPC in 2024-25, 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 2024-25 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 20 and that teams must submit their Season-Ending Roster by 3 p.m. ET on June 22.

Season-ending rosters may include up to 20 players and cannot include any players who did not sign an ECHL contract in 2024-25.

Future Considerations Trade Deadline: June 20, 3 p.m. ET

Season-Ending Roster: June 22, 3 p.m. ET

2025-26 season contract signing window opens: June 23

Qualifying Offers Due to Players: July 7, 11:59 p.m. ET

Qualifying Offers Acceptance Period Ends: July 22, 11:59 p.m. ET

Restricted Free Agency Ends: August 8

Below you will find the players that suited up for the Solar Bears during the 2024-25 season, players that received qualifying offers for the 2024-25 season, and rights to players acquired in future considerations trades, and what their contract status is for the upcoming 2025-26 season.

ECHL Contracts:

Player	Protected list	Qualifying Offer	Signed 2025-26
Jack Adams	YES
Nick Anderson [R]	YES
Mark Auk	YES
Anthony Bardaro	YES
Kelly Bent	YES
Tyler Bird [V]	YES
Logan Britt			Rights acquired from REA - completes trade for Robbie Stucker 11/3/24
Tyler Burnie			Rights acquired from ALN - completes trade for Ryan Mahshie 11/17/24
Theo Calvas	YES
Ben Carroll	YES
Liam Devlin [R]	YES		Futures Trade - REA (completes 1/2 of trade for Jack Adams 10/17/24 from BLM)
Tyler Drevitch			Rights acquired from ATL - completes trade for Randy Hernandez 10/30/24
Carson Focht	YES
Tony Follmer [R]	YES
Alex Frye	YES		Futures Trade - CIN (completes trade for Jon Gillies 3/3)
Jon Gillies	YES
Alexis Gravel*	YES
Jesse Jacques [QO]*	NO
Cole Kodsi [R]	YES
Brayden Low [V]	YES
Aaron Luchuk [V]	YES
Kris Myllari [V]	YES
Ryan O'Reilly [R]	YES		Futures Trade - NOR (completes 1/2 of trade for Jack Adams 10/17/24 from BLM)
Matt Stief*	NO

AHL Contracts:

Player	2024-25 Season	2025-26 Season
Ryan Fanti	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR)	UFA
Tyson Feist	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR)	UFA
Chris Harpur	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR)	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR) 6/6
Spencer Kersten	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR)	UFA
Ara Nazarian [V]	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR)	UFA
Reece Newkirk	Signed 1-yr AHL (SPR) - Traded to SYR	UFA
Michael Simpson	Signed 1-yr AHL (BEL)	UFA
Hudson Thornton	Signed 1-yr AHL (HER)	UFA
Scott Walford	Signed 1-yr AHL (SYR)	UFA

NHL Contracts:

Player	2024-25 Season	2025-26 Season
Jake Chiasson	Signed 2nd of 3-yr ELC (EDM/OTT)	Signed 3rd of 3-yr ELC (EDM/OTT)
Jaydon Dureau	Signed 3rd of 3-yr ELC (TB)	RFA
Milo Roelens	Signed 1st of 3-yr ELC (TB)	Signed 2nd of 3-yr ELC (TB)
Djibril Touré	Signed 2nd of 3-yr ELC (OTT)	Signed 3rd of 3-yr ELC (OTT)

Key: [R] = Rookie for 2025-26 season, [V] = Veteran for 2025-26 season, * = Placed on Team Suspension during 2024-25 season to maintain ECHL playing rights, QO = Qualifying Offer was made to player for 2024-25 season, ELC = Entry Level Contract, UFA = Unrestricted Free Agent, RFA = Restricted Free Agent

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