Blades protect 25 players
The Florida Everblades Thursday filed a list of 25 players they are protecting rights to for next season with the ECHL office.
It’s the first of a three-step process league teams use to reserve rights to players. The list contains 10 defensemen and 15 forwards.
Teams are allowed to protect as many players as they wish provided the players protected meet the guidelines as defined in the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the league and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association.
The ECHL announced that “future consideration” trades must be completed by 3 p.m. June 13.
The Everblades already are preparing for the 2016-17 season, which begins at Germain Arena Oct. 14-15 against the Greenville Swamp Rabbits.
Defensemen protected by the Blades include Chase Golightly, Logan Row, Mike Little, Mark Nemec, Mike Cornell and Rob Florentino.
Forwards protected include Ethan Werek, Ryan Martindale, Brendan O’Donnell, Corey Cowick, Matt Marquardt, Jon DiSalvatore, Kevin Lynch, Evan Bloodoff, Gabriel Desjardins, Corey Trivino and Brant Harris.