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MARINERS ISSUE QUALIFYING OFFERS TO SEVEN PLAYERS

7/1/2020

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Mariners retain rights to seven as free agency begins
PORTLAND, ME – July 1, 2020 – The Mariners issued qualifying offers to seven players for the June 30th deadline, completing the ECHL rights protection process for 2020-21. The unrestricted free agency period begins today. The seven players issued qualifying offers by the Mariners are: ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­
Forward (1): Ryan Ferrill
Defensemen (5): Jonathan Racine, Gabriel Sylvestre, Josh Couturier, Austin McEneny, Dallas Rossiter
Goaltenders (1): Francois Brassard
 
Although a qualifying offer is not equal to a signing, it ensures that each player cannot play for another ECHL team in 2020-21, unless their rights are traded. 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 2020-21 season). Players on open qualifying offers cannot be traded.
 
The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until July 16 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, or to a goaltender who has played more than 180 regular-season games, will retain the rights to that player until July 16. After July 16, if the veteran player or goaltender is not signed to a contract by the team, the player 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 Aug. 1, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.
 
Full and half season ticket packages as well as mini plans and flex packs for the 2020-21 season, sponsored by Hannaford To Go, are available by calling 833-GO-MAINE. The Mariners have introduced a new “Birthday Box” for $25 to help celebrate your child’s birthday this summer! The Birthday Box and the latest Mariners merchandise are available at our online store: MarinersOfMaine.com/shop.
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Media Contact:
Michael Keeley
Media Relations & Broadcast Manager | Maine Mariners, ECHL | MarinersofMaine.com
O: 207-761-0589

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