Offseason Player Tracker

We know the offseason can be long and tedious, so we created this offseason tracker to help you navigate through the process of us starting to build our team for the 2025-26 season.

Here are the important dates to know as we start to prepare for next season:

Protected List: Due June 8 at 3:00 p.m.
Only ECHL contracts can be on this list. There is no limit to how many players can be listed, and even players who were suspended or extended a qualifying offer last summer may be included.

Future Considerations Trade Deadline: June 20 at 3:00 p.m.
Trades that have future considerations components must be completed by this date.

Season-Ending Roster: Due June 22 at 3:00 p.m.
Maximum 20 players. Only ECHL contracts can be on this list. If a team names a player to its season-ending roster, that team has exclusive rights to negotiate with and sign that player until qualifying offers are due.

FIRST DAY TO SIGN CONTRACTS: June 23
Get excited! This is when pen can start getting put to paper, and you begin to find out who will be taking the ice for the upcoming season!

Qualifying Offers Due: July 7 at 11:59 p.m.
Maximum 8 players. If a team hasn't signed a player prior to this date, they may extend that player a qualifying offer. That offer ensures that the player's ECHL rights stay with that team for a full season. The exception to that rule is veterans (260 pro games or more), who can become a restricted free agent on August 8th, if they have not signed or accepted the offer.

Below, you will see various lists of players who played in Wichita in 2024-25, or had their ECHL rights with Wichita in 2024-25, and what their statuses are for the 2025-26 season.

ECHL Contracts

Player Name	Protected List	Season-Ending Roster	Qualifying Offer	2025-26 Status
Dominic Dockery	Yes	Yes	Yes
Reid Irwin	Yes	Yes	Yes	Signed with Belfast (EIHL)
Tyler Jette	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Nolan Kneen	Yes	Yes	No
T.J. Lloyd	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Lleyton Moore - 2024 Qualifying offer	Yes	No	No
Nico Somerville	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Peter Bates	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Spencer Blackwell	Yes	Yes	No
Dillon Boucher	Yes	Yes	Yes	AHL deal with Rockford
Jay Dickman	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Ryan Finnegan	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Jason Pineo - 2024 Qualifying offer	Yes	No	No	Signed with DVTK Jegesmedvek (Estra Liga)
Declan Smith	Yes	Yes	Yes	Re-signed in Wichita
Michal Stinil	Yes	Yes	No	Re-signed in Wichita
Jake Wahlin	Yes	Yes	No
Kobe Walker	Yes	Yes	Yes	Signed with Aalborg (Denmark)
Will Zapernick	Yes	Yes	Yes	Signed with FEHA19 (Estra Liga)
Trevor Gorsuch	Yes	Yes	Yes
Roddy Ross	Yes	Yes	Yes	Re-signed in Wichita

AHL Contracts

Player Name	2024-25 Status	2025-26 Status
Jeremie Bucheler	1-year AHL contract	AHL contract with Rockford
Gabriel Carriere	1-year AHL contract	NHL contract with San Jose
Joe Carroll	2-year AHL contract	AHL contract with Rockford
Aaron Dell	1-year AHL contract
John Gormley	2-year AHL contract	AHL contract with San Jose
Luke Grainger	1-year AHL contract	AHL contract with Toronto
Braden Hache	1-year AHL contract	AHL contract with San Jose

NHL Contracts

Player Name	2024-25 Status	2025-26 Status
Nolan Burke	3rd of 3-year Entry-Level NHL Contract
Artem Guryev	2nd of 3-year Entry-Level NHL Contract
Gannon Laroque	2nd of 3-year Entry-Level NHL Contract
Mitchell Russell	3rd of 3-year Entry-Level NHL Contract

Offseason Player Tracker

ECHL Teams

ECHL.com

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