The ECHL tendered qualifying offers as submitted by each of its member teams. The Newfoundland Growlers have eight players that been tendered qualifying offers, one is former Vernon Vipers forward Todd Skirving.
Skirving played his first season with the Growlers last year, winning the 2019 Kelly Cup defeating the Toledo Walleye in 6 games of the ECHL Finals. Newfoundland won the series 4 games to 2 winning the Kelly Cup in their first season in the ECHL. The Growlers are the first Canadian team in ECHL history to win the Kelly Cup.
Skirving signed with the Growlers October 16th 2018. In 26 games last season Skirving collected (3-goals-4-assists-7-points). Skirving went pointless in five playoff games.
Skirving spent four years at Rochester Institute Of Technology (RIT) before signing his first professional contract with the ECHL Orlando Solar Bears August 3rd 2017. Skirving spent the 2017-18 season with three different teams in the ECHL (Orlando Solar Bears, Utah Grizzlies & Atlanta Gladiators)
Skirving was recruited by the Vipers played just half a season in Vernon (2010-11) before being traded. The Prince George Spruce Kings traded Ryan Renz to Vernon January 10th 2011 for Todd Skirving & future considerations. In 34 regular season games with the Vipers Skirving collected (4-goals-5-assists-9-points).
Todd Skirving's Player Profile:
This was posted on the Growlers website:
Growlers Tender Qualifying Offers to Eight Players
01 Jul 2019 By Ken O'Leary
ST. JOHN’S, NL (July 1, 2019) – The Newfoundland Growlers, Proud affiliate of the Toronto Maple Leafs haveannounced that they have tendered qualifying offers to eight players ahead of the 2019-20 ECHL season.
Players receiving qualifying offers from the Growlers are forwards Marcus Power, Sam Babintsev and Todd Skirving. Defensemen Evan Neugold, Kyle Cumiskey, James Melindy and Kristians Rubins. Goaltender Michael Garteig also received 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 2019-20 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.
No comments:
Post a Comment