Elite Hockey Experience

The following list of players are scheduled to not be eligible for EHE play in the 2021-22 season, due to retirement or transfer agreements they have with teams in Europe or Asia. You may still retain their rights depending on their contract situation and age. Later in the offseason, GMs will also have the right to elect three of their own players on this list to remain active for next season, if they are under contract for the 2021-22 season and physically capable of playing, have not retired, and were not already chosen for reactivation last season.

For specific information about a player's status, please check the transactions tab on a player's bio or the league transactions history.


As of September 25, 2021:
Player (21-22 Rightsholder)
Dillon Heatherington (ANA)
Jonathan Ericsson (ANA)
Nick Baptiste (ANA)
Sam Vigneault (ANA)
T.J. Brennan (ANA)
Tim Heed (ANA)
Alex Dostie (AZ)
Calvin Thurkauf (AZ)
Hubert Labrie (AZ)
Jimmy Lodge (AZ)
Jordan Weal (AZ)
Kyle Wood (AZ)
Morgan Klimchuk (AZ)
Petrus Palmu (AZ)
Reece Willcox (AZ)
Tanner MacMaster (AZ)
Tyler Steenbergen (AZ)
Kenny Agostino (BOS)
Manny Wiederer (BOS)
Oscar Dansk (BOS)
Skyler McKenzie (BOS)
Dylan Labbé (BUF)
Kerby Rychel (BUF)
Nick Shore (BUF)
Patrick Russell (BUF)
Ryan Gropp (BUF)
Shane Starrett (BUF)
Steve Johnson (BUF)
Tom Parisi (BUF)
Lukáš Jašek (CGY)
Matt Spencer (CGY)
Josh Wilkins (CAR)
Marcus Sörensen (CAR)
Blaine Byron (CHI)
Colby Sissons (CHI)
Emile Poirier (CHI)
Jayce Hawryluk (CHI)
John Quenneville (CHI)
Joe Morrow (CHI)
Lean Bergmann (CHI)
Matt Puempel (CHI)
Rodrigo Abols (CHI)
Ryan Kuffner (CHI)
Ryan Miller (CHI)
Connor LaCouvée (COL)
Giovanni Fiore (COL)
Jon Martin (COL)
Michael Brodzinski (COL)
Mirco Mueller (COL)
Nick Schneider (COL)
Travis St. Denis (COL)
Tyler Gaudet (COL)
Adam Mascherin (CBJ)
Christian Djoos (CBJ)
Eric Tangradi (CBJ)
Erik Burgdoerfer (CBJ)
Gaetan Haas (CBJ)
Matt Mangene (CBJ)
Mikhail Grigorenko (CBJ)
Paul Carey (CBJ)
Tye McGinn (CBJ)
Vladislav Kamenev (CBJ)
Ben Street (DAL)
David Quenneville (DAL)
Joakim Nordstrom (DAL)
Joni Tuulola (DAL)
Josh Anderson (DAL)
Pavel Shen (DAL)
Thomas Grégoire (DAL)
Carter Camper (DET)
Pat Sieloff (DET)
Yannick Weber (DET)
Anders Nilsson (EDM)
Brad Morrison (EDM)
Eric Cornel (EDM)
Hunter Warner (EDM)
Jake Dotchin (EDM)
Joakim Ryan (EDM)
Kayle Doetzel (EDM)
Landon Bow (EDM)
Wacey Hamilton (EDM)
Dominik Kahun (FLA)
J.J. Piccinich (FLA)
Joey LaLeggia (FLA)
Justin Auger (FLA)
Stephen Johns (FLA)
Tom Kühnhackl (FLA)
Griffen Molino (LA)
Jakob Stukel (LA)
Jared Coreau (LA)
Justin Abdelkader (LA)
Kevin Spinozzi (LA)
Lance Bouma (LA)
Aleksi Saarela (MIN)
Brady Norrish (MIN)
Carl Gunnarsson (MIN)
Denis Malgin (MIN)
Jesper Lindgren (MIN)
Julius Honka (MIN)
Kalle Kossila (MIN)
Lucas Wallmark (MIN)
Michael Grabner (MIN)
Ryan Johnston (MIN)
Sean Bonar (MIN)
Brent Seabrook (MTL)
Carl-Johan Lerby (MTL)
Giorgio Estephan (MTL)
Josh Currie (MTL)
Karl Alzner (MTL)
Marcus Högberg (MTL)
Matt Tomkins (MTL)
Max Veronneau (MTL)
Micheal Ferland (MTL)
Nick Moutrey (MTL)
Nikita Scherbak (MTL)
Rinat Valiev (MTL)
David Kaše (NSH)
Ben Thomas (NSH)
Egor Rykov (NSH)
Kasimir Kaskisuo (NSH)
Oleg Sosunov (NSH)
Veini Vehvilainen (NSH)
Alexander Yelesin (NJ)
Martin Marincin (NJ)
Merrick Madsen (NYI)
Mikko Kokkonen (NYI)
Yannick Veilleux (NYI)
Brendan Gaunce (NYR)
Filip Larsson (NYR)
Jeremy Roy (NYR)
Valentin Zykov (NYR)
Vitaly Abramov (NYR)
Zach Trotman (NYR)
Charles Hudon (OTT)
Nikolai Prokhorkin (OTT)
Matt Abt (OTT)
David Warsofsky (PHI)
Dmitrii Sokolov (PHI)
Egor Korshkov (PHI)
Martin Ouellette (PHI)
Brian Gibbons (PIT)
Christoffer Ehn (PIT)
Joakim Nygard (PIT)
John Nyberg (PIT)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (PIT)
Otto Leskinen (PIT)
Ty Lewis (PIT)
Beau Bennett (STL)
Jonathan Ang (STL)
Thomas Di Pauli (STL)
Francis Perron (SJ)
Gilles Senn (SJ)
Keegan Kanzig (SJ)
Maxime Fortier (SJ)
Michael Joly (SJ)
Paul Bittner (SJ)
Ryan White (SJ)
Sam Jardine (SJ)
Steven Swavely (SJ)
Cliff Pu (TB)
Darren Archibald (TB)
Gregor MacLeod (TB)
Joe Cox (TB)
Marko Dano (TB)
Melker Karlsson (TB)
Pascal Aquin (TB)
Alexandre Alain (TOR)
Antoine Waked (TOR)
Christian Folin (TOR)
Derek Barach (TOR)
Evan McEneny (TOR)
Jake Virtanen (TOR)
Ryan Olsen (TOR)
Anton Lindholm (VAN)
Boo Nieves (VAN)
Danil Yurtaykin (VAN)
Jonathan Davidsson (VAN)
Pär Lindholm (VAN)
Peter Cehlárik (VAN)
Corey Tropp (VGK)
Emil Larmi (VGK)
Jack Rodewald (VGK)
John Gilmour (VGK)
Justin Hamonic (VGK)
Nick Schilkey (VGK)
Taylor Leier (VGK)
François Beauchemin (WSH)
Gabriel Gagné (WSH)
Jalen Smereck (WSH)
Jordan Schmaltz (WSH)
Kevin Davis (WSH)
Markus Hännikäinen (WSH)
Miikka Salomaki (WSH)
Scott Conway (WSH)
Brett Pollock (WPG)
Drew Shore (WPG)
Henrik Lundqvist (WPG)
Ivan Chekhovich (WPG)
J.T. Brown (WPG)
Jeremy Bracco (WPG)
Josh Atkinson (WPG)
Robert Lantosi (WPG)
Nikolay Goldobin (WPG)
Scott Pooley (WPG)
Adam Wilcox (UFA)
Anthony Peluso (UFA)
Brad Thiessen (UFA)
Brandon Manning (UFA)
C.J. Motte (UFA)
Carl Söderberg (UFA)
Chase Berger (UFA)
Chris Crane (UFA)
Chris Wideman (UFA)
Cole Ully (UFA)
Colin McDonald (UFA)
Colton Beck (UFA)
Cory Conacher (UFA)
Dale Weise (UFA)
Damien Riat (UFA)
Daniel Carr (UFA)
David Backes (UFA)
David Krejci (UFA)
Dennis Yan (UFA)
Eric Selleck (UFA)
Frans Nielsen (UFA)
Fredrik Händemark (UFA)
Ivan Nalimov (UFA)
Jake Horton (UFA)
James Melindy (UFA)
Janis Jaks (UFA)
Jarrett Burton (UFA)
Joel Messner (UFA)
Karlis Čukste (UFA)
Keegan Lowe (UFA)
Kevan Miller (UFA)
Kevin Boyle (UFA)
Kyle Bauman (UFA)
Kyle Cumiskey (UFA)
Liam Hawel (UFA)
Luke Gazdic (UFA)
Luke Moncada (UFA)
Marco Roy (UFA)
Mathias Bromé (UFA)
Matt Calvert (UFA)
Matt Lorito (UFA)
Matt Register (UFA)
Matthew Struthers (UFA)
Max Humitz (UFA)
Mikael Hakkarainen (UFA)
Mikael Tam (UFA)
Mike Condon (UFA)
Mike Liambas (UFA)
Mitch Fossier (UFA)
Nat Halbert (UFA)
Nikita Nesterov (UFA)
Olle Alsing (UFA)
Patrick Newell (UFA)
Pekka Rinne (UFA)
Phil Varone (UFA)
Philippe Maillet (UFA)
Ron Hainsey (UFA)
Steve Bernier (UFA)
Steven Kampfer (UFA)
Theodor Lennstrom (UFA)
Tomas Sholl (UFA)
Tyler Graovac (UFA)
Valtteri Filppula (UFA)
Vincent LoVerde (UFA)
Zach Magwood (UFA)
Zack Smith (UFA)

I do just want to point this out... This list is probably going to get pretty long this summer. It's already long as it is. A lot of that is coming from players being more open to playing overseas who could not last year and players retiring. However, I expect this to balance out pretty evenly, if not at a positive. There are going to be about 300 new players coming into the league next season, which is just outrageous! The player pool will remain strong even with expansion looming.

Added to the list on August 9 -

Nick Baptiste (ANA)
Kyle Wood (AZ)
Reece Willcox (AZ)
Oscar Dansk (BOS)
Skyler McKenzie (BOS)
Patrick Russell (BUF)
Shane Starrett (BUF)
Lean Bergmann (CHI)
Adam Mascherin (CBJ)
Mikhail Grigorenko (CBJ)
Ben Street (DAL)
Anders Nilsson (EDM)
Jake Dotchin (EDM)
Landon Bow (EDM)
Kevin Spinozzi (LA)
Brady Norrish (MIN)
Carl Gunnarsson (MIN)
Rinat Valiev (MTL)
Veini Vehvilainen (NSH)
Yannick Veilleux (NYI)
Jeremy Roy (NYR)
Dmitrii Sokolov (PHI)
Niklas Hjalmarsson (PIT)
Beau Bennett (STL)
Keegan Kanzig (SJ)
Gregor MacLeod (TB)
Jonathan Davidsson (VAN)
Justin Hamonic (VGK)
François Beauchemin (WSH)
Jalen Smereck (WSH)
Miikka Salomaki (WSH)
Scott Conway (WSH)
Josh Atkinson (WPG)
Robert Lantosi (WPG)
Brandon Manning (UFA)
C.J. Motte (UFA)
Chase Berger (UFA)
Chris Crane (UFA)
Cole Ully (UFA)
Daniel Carr (UFA)
David Krejci (UFA)
Ivan Nalimov (UFA)
James Melindy (UFA)
Janis Jaks (UFA)
Jarrett Burton (UFA)
Joel Messner (UFA)
Kevan Miller (UFA)
Luke Moncada (UFA)
Marco Roy (UFA)
Matt Calvert (UFA)
Matt Register (UFA)
Mikael Tam (UFA)
Mike Condon (UFA)
Mike Liambas (UFA)
Nat Halbert (UFA)
Pekka Rinne (UFA)
Riley Woods (UFA)
Steven Kampfer (UFA)
Theodor Lennstrom (UFA)
Tomas Sholl (UFA)
Tyler Graovac (UFA)
Vincent LoVerde (UFA)
Zach Magwood (UFA)


Charles-David Beaudoin has been reactivated to Arizona with RFA rights only.
Justin Danforth has been reactivated to Chicago with UFA Day 0 rights only.
Maxim Mamin has been reactivated to Vancouver.
Pontus Åberg has been reactivated to Vegas with RFA rights only.

The player transfer period essentially ended on September 11 and there have been no other eligible players who have transferred overseas anyway. From this point, any owned players who transfer overseas will only be deactivated at the approval of their GMs. This has no effect on players who retire. There have been a few of those lately and I've also learned of a few more retirements that weren't previously announced.

Added to the list on September 25 -

Morgan Klimchuk (AZ)
Tyler Steenbergen (AZ)
Matt Spencer (CGY)
Josh Wilkins (CAR)
Marcus Sörensen (CAR)
Blaine Byron (CHI)
Colby Sissons (CHI)
Jayce Hawryluk (CHI)
John Quenneville (CHI)
Nick Schneider (COL)
Tyler Gaudet (COL)
Josh Anderson (DAL)
Pat Sieloff (DET)
Brad Morrison (EDM)
Hunter Warner (EDM)
Kayle Doetzel (EDM)
Dominik Kahun (FLA)
J.J. Piccinich (FLA)
Tom Kühnhackl (FLA)
Jakob Stukel (LA)
Aleksi Saarela (MIN)
Denis Malgin (MIN)
Jesper Lindgren (MIN)
Giorgio Estephan (MTL)
Nick Moutrey (MTL)
Nikita Scherbak (MTL)
Rinat Valiev (MTL)
Ben Thomas (NSH)
Egor Rykov (NSH)
Egor Korshkov (PHI)
Ty Lewis (PIT)
Thomas Di Pauli (STL)
Ryan White (SJ)
Cliff Pu (TB)
Marko Dano (TB)
Alexandre Alain (TOR)
Antoine Waked (TOR)
Jake Virtanen (TOR)
Anton Lindholm (VAN)
Boo Nieves (VAN)
Nick Schilkey (VGK)
Henrik Lundqvist (WPG)
Ivan Chekhovich (WPG)
Carl Söderberg (UFA)
Colton Beck (UFA)
Dale Weise (UFA)
Damien Riat (UFA)
David Backes (UFA)
Eric Selleck (UFA)
Keegan Lowe (UFA)
Kevin Boyle (UFA)
Liam Hawel (UFA)
Matt Lorito (UFA)
Matthew Struthers (UFA)
Max Humitz (UFA)
Mikael Hakkarainen (UFA)
Mitch Fossier (UFA)
Nikita Nesterov (UFA)
Patrick Newell (UFA)
Steve Bernier (UFA)
Valtteri Filppula (UFA)
Zack Smith (UFA)


Zach O'Brien has been reactivated to Vegas.

Also, if any player is barred from participating this professional season because they are choosing not to be vaccinated, GMs will be permitted to request the player to be deactivated. This will not be automatic.

So far, the only players I'm aware of who are currently suspended from their teams for vaccination refusal are Tyler Bertuzzi, Zac Rinaldo, and Bode Wilde.

Teams may now post their desired reactivations for eligible players for the 2021-2022 season. Be sure of what you want to do. Once you request to activate a player, you may not later change your mind about it.

Philadelphia Flyers reactivate Egor Korshkov

Vancouver reactivates Anton Lindholm and Boo Nieves.

Vegas reactivates John Gilmour and Jack Rodewald

Pittsburgh would like to reactivate Otto Leskinen, please.