Elite Hockey Experience

The following list of players are scheduled to not be eligible for EHE play in the 2024-25 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. For specific information about a player's status, please check the transactions tab on a player's bio or the league transactions history.

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 2024-25 season and physically capable of playing, have not retired, and were not already chosen for reactivation last season. Any eligible requests to reactivate a player are final.


As of July 15, 2024:
Player (23–24 Rightsholder)

Marián Studenič (ANA)
Matt Tennyson (ANA)
Alex-Olivier Voyer (BOS)
Matej Pekar (BOS)
Pavel Francouz (BOS)
Dean Stewart (BUF)
Olivier Galipeau (BUF)
Patrick Khodorenko (BUF)
Zach Fucale (BUF)
Brady Lyle (CGY)
Filip Hållander (CAR)
Joe Pavelski (CAR)
Andy Andreoff (CHI)
Dmitri Ovchinnikov (CHI)
Henry Bowlby (CHI)
Ilya Usau (CHI)
Lawrence Pilut (CHI)
Saku Mäenalanen (CHI)
Nathan Todd (COL)
Oskar Steen (COL)
Tanner Kero (COL)
Kyle Keyser (CBJ)
Arvid Holm (DAL)
Austin Osmanski (DAL)
Logan Hutsko (DAL)
Nolan Stevens (DAL)
Artemi Kniazev (DET)
Peetro Seppälä (DET)
Andreas Johnsson (EDM)
Collin Adams (EDM)
Mike O'Leary (EDM)
Nate Schnarr (EDM)
Ryan Murray (EDM)
Stelio Mattheos (EDM)
Erik Kallgren (FLA)
Jeremy Groleau (FLA)
Sheldon Rempal (FLA)
Josh Brook (LA)
Libor Hájek (LA)
Wade Allison (LA)
Colt Conrad (MIN)
Evan Polei (MIN)
Fredrik Olofsson (MIN)
Max Martin (MIN)
Nikita Zaitsev (MIN)
Oskar Lindblom (MIN)
Oskari Laaksonen (MIN)
Otto Koivula (MIN)
Arnaud Durandeau (MTL)
Jordan Gross (MTL)
Nikita Okhotiuk (MTL)
Cole Moberg (NSH)
Jeremy McKenna (NSH)
Nicolas Beaudin (NJ)
Strauss Mann (NJ)
Viktor Lodin (NJ)
Hugo Alnefelt (NYR)
Lias Andersson (NYR)
Olof Lindbom (NYR)
Tim Berni (NYR)
Wayne Simmonds (NYR)
Gemel Smith (OTT)
Mikhail Maltsev (OTT)
Xavier Ouellet (OTT)
Connor Bunnaman (PHI)
Daniil Chechelev (PHI)
Kristian Reichel (PHI)
Riley Damiani (PHI)
Ville Petman (PHI)
Brad Malone (PIT)
David Farrance (PIT)
Filip Cederqvist (PIT)
Jacob Peterson (PIT)
Lukáš Sedlák (PIT)
Otto Leskinen (PIT)
Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (PIT)
Jacob Larsson (STL)
Jayden Halbgewachs (STL)
Lassi Thomson (STL)
Nolan Yaremko (STL)
Andrew Peski (SJ)
Max Cajkovic (SJ)
Riley McCourt (SJ)
Matt Cairns (SEA)
Nicolas Meloche (SEA)
Tanner Fritz (SEA)
Michael McNiven (TB)
Robin Salo (TB)
Fedor Gordeev (TOR)
Jonathan Toews (TOR)
Karl Henriksson (TOR)
Aidan Dudas (UTA)
Calle Själin (UTA)
Evan Fitzpatrick (UTA)
Radim Šimek (UTA)
Yushiroh Hirano (UTA)
Alexandre Fortin (VAN)
Luka Profaca (VAN)
Radim Zohorna (VAN)
Tommy Nappier (VAN)
Alex True (VGK)
Kim Nousiainen (VGK)
Leon Gawanke (VGK)
Alex Peters (WSH)
Patrick Harper (WSH)
Turner Ottenbreit (WSH)
Zach Senyshyn (WSH)
Mikhail Abramov (WPG)
Adam Brooks (UFA)
Alan Quine (UFA)
Andrew Cogliano (UFA)
Andy Andreoff (UFA)
Blake Siebenaler (UFA)
Brandon Cutler (UFA)
Brandon Estes (UFA)
Brett Sutter (UFA)
Brett Kemp (UFA)
Byron Froese (UFA)
C.J. Motte (UFA)
Cody Haiskanen (UFA)
Cole Cassels (UFA)
Cristiano DiGiacinto (UFA)
Darren Helm (UFA)
Derick Brassard (UFA)
Dylan Sadowy (UFA)
Jacob Hayhurst (UFA)
Jakob Silfverberg (UFA)
Jarid Lukosevicius (UFA)
Jean-Sebastien Dea (UFA)
Jeff Carter (UFA)
Jiri Smejkal (UFA)
John Lethemon (UFA)
Jordie Benn (UFA)
Josh Bailey (UFA)
Josh Leivo (UFA)
Keaton Thompson (UFA)
Ludovic Waeber (UFA)
Orrin Centazzo (UFA)
Patrick Grasso (UFA)
Riley Barber (UFA)
Ryan MacKinnon (UFA)
Steven Fogarty (UFA)
Tim Schaller (UFA)
Tyler Parks (UFA)
Victor Bartley (UFA)
Waltteri Merelä (UFA)
Will Reilly (UFA)
Zach Parise (UFA)
Zane McIntyre (UFA)


Filip Král will be reactivated to Chicago with the option to roll over final year of previous contract.

Added to the list on August 24 -

Griffin Mendel (ANA)
Nick Caamano (ANA)
Rourke Chartier (BOS)
Ryan Bednard (BOS)
Will Bitten (BUF)
Brady Keeper (BUF)
Max Ellis (BUF)
Michal Teply (CHI)
Nic Petan (CHI)
Ruslan Iskhakov (CHI)
Steven Kampfer (CHI)
Patrick Curry (COL)
Peter Abbandonato (CBJ)
Michael Vukojevic (DAL)
Ivan Prosvetov (DET)
Jordan Kawaguchi (DET)
Nick Cicek (DET)
Egor Afanasyev (FLA)
Felix Robert (LA)
Max Comtois (LA)
Will Butcher (LA)
Cam Hillis (NSH)
Dmitry Zlodeyev (NSH)
Bobby Trivigno (NJ)
Austin Czarnik (OTT)
Carter Savoie (PHI)
Cory Conacher (PIT)
Mitch Reinke (PIT)
Santtu Kinnunen (PIT)
Dmitry Samorukov (STL)
Jared McIsaac (STL)
Jordy Bellerive (STL)
Linus Weissbach (STL)
Philippe Maillet (STL)
Wyatt Kalynuk (SJ)
Josh Currie (SEA)
Justin Addamo (SEA)
Tyler Angle (SEA)
Samuel Asselin (UTA)
Austin Rueschhoff (VAN)
Evgeny Kuznetsov (VAN)
Cole Schneider (VGK)
Denis Gurianov (WPG)
Dillon Hamaliuk (WPG)
Gavin Bayreuther (WPG)
Alexander Barabanov (UFA)
Bobo Carpenter (UFA)
Brenden Miller (UFA)
Cole Coskey (UFA)
Jacob Hayhurst (UFA)
Jarid Lukosevicius (UFA)
Jason Hilderman (UFA)
John Lethemon (UFA)
Karson Kuhlman (UFA)
Keaton Thompson (UFA)
Matthew Boucher (UFA)
Nicholas Jones (UFA)
Orrin Centazzo (UFA)
Patrick Grasso (UFA)
Paul LaDue (UFA)
Quinn Schmiemann (UFA)
Quinn Wichers (UFA)


Zack Hayes has been reactivated to Calgary with the option to roll over final year of previous contract.
Filip Larsson has been reactivated to the NY Rangers with the option to roll over final year of previous contract.
Martin Frk has been reactivated to Chicago for UFA Day 0 negotiation only.
Rodrigo Abols has been reactivated to Chicago for UFA Day 0 negotiation only.
Joakim Ryan has been reactivated to Edmonton for UFA Day 0 negotiation only.

Added to the list on September 30 -
(Note: I cut off the transfer window on September 23)

Cal Foote (CGY)
Matt Donovan (COL)
Dave Gust (CBJ)
Simon Johansson (DAL)
Filip Johansson (DET)
Antti Saarela (EDM)
Markus Niemelainen (EDM)
Sean Day (LA)
Filip Zadina (MTL)
Kirill Tyutyayev (NSH)
Tyrell Goulbourne (NSH)
Michael Mersch (NYI)
Taro Hirose (STL)
Oskari Salminen (SJ)
Mattias Norlinder (TB)
Victor Soderstrom (TOR)
Alex Goligoski (UFA)
Alex Whelan (UFA)
Alexander Edler (UFA)
Antti Raanta (UFA)
Brett Kemp (UFA)
Cameron Gaunce (UFA)
Chase De Leo (UFA)
Chris Wideman (UFA)
Cody Haiskanen (UFA)
Colby McAuley (UFA)
Dylan Blujus (UFA)
Isaac Johnson (UFA)
James Melindy (UFA)
Jimmy Oligny (UFA)
Jordie Benn (UFA)
Josh Passolt (UFA)
Kyle Okposo (UFA)
Louis Boudon (UFA)
Marc Staal (UFA)
Mark Rassell (UFA)
Nick Ritchie (UFA)
Nolan Vesey (UFA)
Owen Headrick (UFA)


Madison Bowey has been reactivated to Detroit.
Joey Keane has been reactivated to Chicago with RFA rights.
Patrick Bajkov has been reactivated to Montreal with the option to roll over final year of previous contract.

Linus Weisbach and Dmitri Samorukov please.

blues_shaun wrote: ↑

Tue. Oct. 01, 2024 10:35 am

Linus Weisbach and Dmitri Samorukov please.

Kevin wrote: ↑

Mon. Jul. 15, 2024 10:00 pm

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

Added to the list on October 1 -

Austin Wagner has been reactivated to Anaheim.
Jake McGrew has been reactivated to the NY Rangers with RFA rights.


Guess I should have waited for all the AHL camp rosters to come out!

Added to the list on October 14 -

Justin Ducharme (DAL)
Adam Karashik (EDM)
Darien Kielb (EDM)
Anttoni Honka (MIN)
Artem Anisimov (MIN)*
Gabriel Bourque (NSH)
Matt Hellickson (UTA)
Matt Filipe (UFA)
Seamus Malone (UFA)
Shane Harper (UFA)
Shawn Szydlowski (UFA)


Pascal Laberge has been reactivated to Montreal with the option to roll over final year of previous contract.
Gemel Smith has been reactivated to Ottawa.
Carter Savoie has been reactivated to Philadelphia.
Chris Wilkie has been reactivated to Seattle.


*Remaining salary will be paid, as the contract was signed after the player turned age 35.

Was Dominik Kubalik missed or left active for another reason? He signed in the NL on Sept 4th.

SharksGM wrote: ↑

Wed. Oct. 23, 2024 8:57 am

Was Dominik Kubalik missed or left active for another reason? He signed in the NL on Sept 4th.

You know, I saw that, but it was my birthday, so I was probably too drunk to save it in my documentation. You are correct that Kubalik is marked for deactivation but I forgot to list him. He is eligible for reactivation though if you choose to. Thanks, Jared@

One advantage to starting the season late is that players who've quietly retired start trickling in and can be ruled out with enough time for GMs to adjust. I'm adding some more deactivated players, or ones I somehow missed previously, who met the criteria prior to the cutoff:

Added to the list on November 16 -

Adam Ružička (ANA)
Dereck Baribeau (MTL)
Adam Cracknell (NYI)
Dominik Kubalík (SJ)
Kaden Fulcher (SEA)
Matt Irwin (TB)
Sam Hentges (UTA)
Alex Green (VAN)
Josh Maniscalco (VGK)
Adam Karashik (UFA)
Joe Pendenza (UFA)
Peyton Jones (UFA)
Tanner MacMaster (UFA)

I'm also pretty sure that Nick Wolff (NSH) retired but haven't been able to confirm.