Elite Hockey Experience

The following list of players will not be eligible for EHE play next season, due to retirement or agreements they have with teams in Europe or Asia. You may still retain their rights depending on their contract situation and age. Should they return to play for an NHL organization next season, they will qualify for reactivation.

*Goalies on this list may remain active for next season, if they have not retired and it is specifically requested by the GM who holds their rights.


As of August 8, 2016:
Player (16-17 Rightsholder)

Taylor Aronson (Anaheim)
Marc-André Gragnani (Anaheim)
Josh McFadden (Anaheim)
John McFarland (Anaheim)
Darroll Powe (Anaheim)
Bobby Sanguinetti (Anaheim)
Jirí Sekáč (Anaheim)
Jared Staal (Anaheim)
Mathieu Brisebois (Arizona)
Kyle Chipchura (Arizona)
Jonas Hiller (Arizona) *
Josh Robinson (Arizona) *
Charlie Sarault (Arizona)
Evan Trupp (Arizona)
Jesse Blacker (Boston)
Alex Lepkowski (Boston)
Willie Coetzee (Buffalo)
Zack Phillips (Boston)
Cody McCormick (Buffalo)
Jared Knight (Buffalo)
Mike Lee (Buffalo)
Pavel Datsyuk (Calgary)
Jayden Hart (Calgary)
Taylor Peters (Calgary)
Aaron Johnson (Carolina)
Rob Klinkhammer (Carolina)
Dylan Reese (Carolina)
Vinny Saponari (Chicago)
Joey Hishon (Colorado)
Niklas Lundström (Colorado) *
Stephen Weiss (Colorado)
Tyler Bunz (Columbus)
Grant Clitsome (Columbus)
Andrew Ference (Columbus)
David Leggio (Dallas)
Dominik Uher (Detroit)
Marc Cantin (Edmonton)
Martin Gernát (Edmonton)
Cam Reid (Edmonton)
Alex Mallet (Florida)
Maxim Kitsyn (Los Angeles)
Patrick Wellar (Los Angeles)
Anton Zlobin (Los Angeles)
Ludwig Blomstrand (Minnesota)
Norm Ezekiel (Minnesota)
Ludwig Karlsson (Minnesota)
Jason LaBarbera (Minnesota)
Greg Miller (Minnesota)
Rasmus Rissanen (Minnesota)
Jesse Root (Minnesota)
Dustin Jeffrey (Montreal)
Rylan Schwartz (Montréal)
Gleason Fournier (Nashville)
Mike Moore (Nashville)
Rasmus Tirronen (Nashville) *
Mark Arcobello (New Jersey)
Ben Scrivens (New Jersey) *
Philippe Trudeau (New Jersey)
Collin Bowman (NY Islanders)
Sean Collins (NY Islanders)
Chris McKelvie (NY Islanders)
Kristian Näkyvä (NY Islanders)
Corey Potter (NY Islanders)
Colton Orr (NY Islanders)
John Albert (NY Rangers)
Tim Brent (NY Rangers)
Dave Dziurzynski (NY Rangers)
Michael Schumacher (NY Rangers)
Raphael Bussières (Ottawa)
Michael Keränen (Ottawa)
Andrey Makarov (Ottawa) *
Ryan Martindale (Ottawa)
Justin Shugg (Ottawa)
Kyle Cumiskey (Philadelphia)
Louis Leblanc (Philadelphia)
Daniel Paille (Philadelphia)
Mike Santorelli (Philadelphia)
Kelly Zajac (Philadelphia)
Cedric Desjardins (Pittsburgh)
Kirill Gotovets (Pittsburgh)
Danny Hobbs (Pittsburgh)
Johan Alm (St. Louis)
Mark Cundari (St. Louis)
Matt Donovan (St. Louis)
Brian O'Neill (St. Louis)
Jay Rosehill (St. Louis)
Yann Sauvé (San José)
Dennis Everberg (Tampa Bay)
Chris Phillips (Tampa Bay)
Max Talbot (Tampa Bay)
Riley Brace (Toronto)
Kevin Gagné (Toronto)
David Gilbert (Toronto)
Max Reinhart (Toronto)
Petter Emanuelsson (Vancouver)
Kris Versteeg (Vancouver)
Roman Will (Vancouver) *
Andrew Yogan (Washington)
Maxime Clermont (Winnipeg)
Sebastian Collberg (Winnipeg)
Chris Langkow (Winnipeg)
Geoff Walker (Winnipeg)
Cameron Abney (UFA)
Will Acton (UFA)
Barry Almeida (UFA)
Niclas Andersén (UFA)
Niklas Bäckström (UFA)
Brett Bellemore (UFA)
André Benoît (UFA)
Jimmy Bonneau (UFA)
Rob Bordson (UFA)
Brett Cameron (UFA)
Matt Carkner (UFA)
Jack Combs (UFA)
Mike Cornell (UFA)
Corey Cowick (UFA)
Kodie Curran (UFA)
Zach Davies (UFA)
Jack Downing (UFA)
Sean Escobedo (UFA)
Joe Finley (UFA)
Kevin Goumas (UFA)
Jake Hauswirth (UFA)
Brett Hextall (UFA)
Nick Jones (UFA)
Cory Kane (UFA)
Bryan Lerg (UFA)
Austin Levi (UFA)
Mark Louis (UFA)
Christian Marti (UFA)
Steve McCarthy (UFA)
Evgeny Medvedev (UFA)
Kevin Montgomery (UFA)
Kael Mouillerat (UFA)
Patrick Mullen (UFA)
Rich Nedomlel (UFA)
Maxim Noreau (UFA)
Travis Oleksuk (UFA)
Nathan Oystrick (UFA)
Nick Pageau (UFA)
Mattias Plachta (UFA)
Sergei Plotnikov (UFA)
Thomas Räffl (UFA)
Mike Ratchuk (UFA)
Brad Richards (UFA)
Blair Riley (UFA)
Rob Schremp (UFA)
Alexander Semin (UFA)
Tim Spencer (UFA)
Steve Spinell (UFA)
T.J. Syner (UFA)
Jeff Tambellini (UFA)
Matt Tassone (UFA)
Viktor Tikhonov (UFA)
Zack Torquato (UFA)
Jesse Winchester (UFA)
Ben Youds (UFA)

Farewell, Joey!

Pretty sad that it didn't work out for you here.

May 31 update:

The most notable one here as it relates to EHE is Tim Brent. Here's a guy that for no good reason kept bouncing around the waiver wire, when he should have cleared waivers the first time. How do you create a new identity for yourself? Head shot someone during overtime of the final playoff game of your EHE season and then retire. Bravo, Tim. Bravo.

Anyway...

Taylor Aronson (Anaheim)
Martin Gernát (Edmonton)
Maxim Kitsyn (Los Angeles)
Mark Arcobello (New Jersey)
Corey Potter (NY Islanders)
Chris McKelvie (NY Islanders)
Tim Brent (NY Rangers)
Johan Alm (St. Louis)
Alex Khokhlachev (Tampa Bay)
Chris Phillips (Tampa Bay)
Max Talbot (Tampa Bay)
Ben Youds (UFA)

June 13 update:

Not much in the past two weeks but it'll pick up again tomorrow I bet, just because...

Jirí Sekáč (Anaheim)
Zack Phillips (Boston)
Grant Clitsome (Columbus)
Dominik Uher (Detroit)
Dustin Jeffrey (Montreal)
Collin Bowman (NY Islanders)
Mark Cundari (St. Louis)
Max Reinhart (Toronto)
Barry Almeida (UFA)
Niclas Andersén (UFA)
Niklas Bäckström (UFA)
Brett Cameron (UFA)
Jack Downing (UFA)
Nick Pageau (UFA)
Mike Ratchuk (UFA)
T.J. Syner (UFA)
Jeff Tambellini (UFA)

July 7 update:

Bobby Sanguinetti (Anaheim)
Jared Staal (Anaheim)
Jared Knight (Buffalo)
Taylor Peters (Calgary)
Aaron Johnson (Carolina)
Rob Klinkhammer (Carolina)
Cam Reid (Edmonton)
Anton Zlobin (Los Angeles)
Jesse Root (Minnesota)
John Albert (NY Rangers)
Andrey Makarov (Ottawa) *
Danny Hobbs (Pittsburgh)
Riley Brace (Toronto)
Matt Carkner (UFA)
Kodie Curran (UFA)
Joe Finley (UFA)
Nick Jones (UFA)
Christian Marti (UFA)
Mattias Plachta (UFA)
Sergei Plotnikov (UFA)
Rob Schremp (UFA)


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Also, Trevor Smith will be reactivated to Anaheim. All other imports eligible for activation so far are not rights-owned.

Don't I lose Jussi Rynnas this time around since he played in the KHL this past season?

Predators wrote:Don't I lose Jussi Rynnas this time around since he played in the KHL this past season?

That is correct. Goalies are only allowed to be extended during the direct season that they transfer overseas.

Well dammit, now I've lost both of my AHL captains to overseas transfers...

July 20 update:

Mathieu Brisebois (Arizona)
Kyle Chipchura (Arizona)
Charlie Sarault (Arizona)
Evan Trupp (Arizona)
Pavel Datsyuk (Calgary)
Dylan Reese (Carolina)
Vinny Saponari (Chicago)
Alex Mallet (Florida)
Jason LaBarbera (Minnesota)
Rylan Schwartz (Montréal)
Mike Moore (Nashville)
Rasmus Tirronen (Nashville) *
Raphael Bussières (Ottawa)
Yann Sauvé (San José)
David Gilbert (Toronto)
Rob Bordson (UFA)
Jack Combs (UFA)
Corey Cowick (UFA)
Kevin Goumas (UFA)
Steve McCarthy (UFA)
Evgeny Medvedev (UFA)
Rich Nedomlel (UFA)
Thomas Räffl (UFA)
Brad Richards (UFA)
Viktor Tikhonov (UFA)


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Cory Conacher has been reactivated to Toronto.

A lot of these are players who have simply become inactive (unofficially retired). (Yes that's a hint that I have started working on ratings.)

July 28 update:

Josh McFadden (Anaheim)
John McFarland (Anaheim)
Darroll Powe (Anaheim)
Alex Lepkowski (Boston)
Willie Coetzee (Buffalo)
Stephen Weiss (Colorado)
Tyler Bunz (Columbus)
Andrew Ference (Columbus)
Norm Ezekiel (Minnesota)
Ludwig Karlsson (Minnesota)
Greg Miller (Minnesota)
Gleason Fournier (Nashville)
Ben Scrivens (New Jersey) *
Philippe Trudeau (New Jersey)
Sean Collins (NY Islanders)
Dave Dziurzynski (NY Rangers)
Ryan Martindale (Ottawa)
Justin Shugg (Ottawa)
Kyle Cumiskey (Philadelphia)
Louis Leblanc (Philadelphia)
Matt Donovan (St. Louis)
Jay Rosehill (St. Louis)
Kevin Gagné (Toronto)
Kris Versteeg (Vancouver)
Andrew Yogan (Washington)
Brandon Davidson (Winnipeg)
Chris Langkow (Winnipeg)
Cameron Abney (UFA)
Brett Bellemore (UFA)
André Benoît (UFA)
Zach Davies (UFA)
Jake Hauswirth (UFA)
Brett Hextall (UFA)
Cory Kane (UFA)
Austin Levi (UFA)
Mark Louis (UFA)
Kael Mouillerat (UFA)
Patrick Mullen (UFA)
Travis Oleksuk (UFA)
Tim Spencer (UFA)
Steve Spinell (UFA)
Matt Tassone (UFA)


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Cody Kunyk has been reactivated to Carolina.
Maxim Lapierre has been reactivated to New Jersey.

Why did Andrew Ference got deactivated?