
2018-19 Free Agent Team Lists - Central Division
Our AHL Team-by-Team Lists Continue!
It's that time of the year! With the NHL Entry Draft complete and the restricted free agent deadline now past us, it won't be too long before the start of free agency.
Here at Inside AHL Hockey, we aim to be a source for all AHL-related off-season news/notes/transactions throughout the summer.
Back again this summer is our team-by-team lists, now broken down by division for a clearer look at each of the 30 AHL clubs - their free agents (both NHL and AHL, RFA/UFA) and more.
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As soon as all four divisions' team lists are published online, I'll add links to the others below.
2017-18 Atlantic Division Team Lists2017-18 North Division Team Lists2017-18 Pacific Division Team Lists
After the jump, fans of Central Division teams - Chicago, Grand Rapids, Iowa, Manitoba, Milwaukee, Rockford, San Antonio and Texas - can take a look at how their favorite team is shaping up for the 2017-18 season prior to the start of free agency on July 1st.
DISCLAIMER: For the sake of arguments over whether the under contract guys will be AHL or NHL players in 2017-18, I generally kept players on AHL rosters of they finished last year in the AHL or played an overwhelming majority of the season in the minors.
If you think someone is missing from these lists, or have a strong argument that any one of these players are NHL-bound in 2017-18 feel free to mention it in the comments after the article!
Central Division
Chicago Wolves
Forward Bryce Gervais (Olten - SwissB) elected to sign overseas, while forward Brett Sterling has decided to retire from pro hockey.
Under Contract
Forwards: Reid Duke, Tomas Hyka, Keegan Kolesar, Brooks Macek, Stefan Matteau, Gage Quinney, T.J. Tynan, Ryan Wagner (AHL - year 1 of 1), Matthew Weis (AHL - year 1 of 1) and Tyler Wong (AHL - year 1 of 1)
Defensemen: Jake Bischoff, Dylan Coghlan, Kevin Lough (AHL - year 1 of 1), Zachary Leslie, Griffin Reinhart
Goaltenders:
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: goaltender Oscar Dansk, defenseman Philip Holm and forward Teemu Pulkkinen
NHL UFA: goaltender Maxime Legace, defensemen Chris Casto and Jason Garrison and forwards Brandon Pirri and Paul Thompson
AHL UFA: defensemen Dmitri Osipov and Scooter Vaughn
Grand Rapids Griffins
Under Contract
Forwards: Colin Campbell (AHL year 2 of 2), Carter Camper (AHL - year 2 of 2), Christoffer Ehn, Turner Elson (AHL - year 1 of 1), Matt Ford (AHL - year 1 of 2), Axel Holmstrom, David Pope, Dylan Sadowy, Dominik Shine (AHL - year 1 of 1), Evgeny Svechnikov, Dominic Turgeon, and Trevor Yates (AHL - year 1 of 1)
Defensemen: Dennis Cholowski, Trevor Hamilton (AHL - year 1 of 1), Joe Hicketts, Filip Hronek, Brian Lashoff, Gustav Lindstrom, Dylan McIlrath, Vili Saarijarvi, Lubor Sulak,
Goalies: Patrik Rybar
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: forward Matt Puempel
NHL UFA: goaltenders Jared Coreau, Matej Machovsky and Tom McCollum, defenseman Daniel Renouf and forwards Matt Lorito, Zach Nastasiuk, Ben Street and Eric Tangradi
AHL UFA: goaltender Pat Nagle, defenseman Patrick McCarron and Kevin Tansey and forwards Mike Borkowski and Luke Esposito
Iowa Wild
Ian Brady (Frederikshavn - Denmark) and Matt Caito (Graz - EBEL) have signed overseas.
Under Contract
Forwards: Sam Anas, Colton Beck (AHL - year 1 of 1), Landon Ferraro, Gerry Fitzgerald (AHL - year 1 of 1), Pavel Jenys, Chase Lang and Gerry Mayhew (AHL - year 1 of 2), Dante Salituro, Mason Shaw, Dmitry Sokolov
Defensemen: Gustav Bouramman, Eric Martinsson, Brennan Menell, Hunter Warner
Goalies: Kaapo Kahkonen
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: None
NHL UFA: goaltender Steve Michalek, defensemen Dylan Labbe, Zach Palmquist and Kyle Quincey and forwards Patrick Cannone, Adam Gilmour and Zack Mitchell
AHL UFA: goaltender Christian Frey, defenseman Michael Sdao and forwards Evan Janssen, Jack Walker and Ryan White
Manitoba Moose
Kirill Gotovets (Minsk - KHL) signed overseas, while Darren Kramer retired from pro hockey.
Under Contract
Forwards: Mason Appleton, Jansen Harkins, Brendan Lemieux, Michael Spacek, C.J. Suess
Defensemen: Luke Green, Sami Niku, Nelson Nogier and Logan Stanley
Goaltenders: Mikhail Berdin
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: goaltender Eric Comrie and forwards Chase De Leo, J.C. Lipon and Nicholas Petan
NHL UFA: goaltender Jamie Phillips, defensemen Jan Kostalek, Julian Melchiori and Cameron Schilling and forwards James Lodge, Buddy Robinson and Michael Sgarbossa
AHL UFA: goaltender Colton Phinney, defensemen Charles-David Beaudoin, Tim Daly, Christopher Dienes, Jake Kulevich and Peter Stoykewych and forwards Francis Beauvillier, Patrice Cormier, Bobby MacIntyre, Cam Maclise, Elgin Pearce and Brody Sutter
Milwaukee Admirals
Under Contract
Forwards: Tyler Gaudet, Frederik Gaudreau, Tanner Jeannot, Justin Kirkland, Tyler Moy, Mathieu Olivier (AHL - year 1 of 1), Carl Persson, Emil Pettersson, Anthony Richard and Yakov Trenin
Defensemen: Frederic Allard, Alexandre Carrier, Matt Donovan (AHL - year 1 of 1), Jack Dougherty, Joonas Lyytinen and Filip Pyrochta
Goaltenders: Troy Grosenick, Miroslav Svoboda and Niclas Westerholm
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: None
NHL UFA: goaltender Matt O'Connor, defenseman Jon Ramage and forwards Cody Bass, Brandon Bollig, Mark McNeill, Trevor Smith and Harry Zolnierczyk
AHL UFA: goaltender Jake Paterson, defensemen Jimmy Oligny and Rick Pinkston and forwards Bobby Butler, Trevor Mingoia and Mark Zengerle
Rockford IceHogs
Most of the teams' pending free agents on AHL deals have been decided. Radovan Bondra, William Pelletier and Matt Tomkins were re-signed to AHL deals while Darren Raddysh and Tyler Sikura were signed to NHL contracts by the parent club Chicago Blackhawks.
Under Contract
Forwards: Radovan Bondra (AHL - year 1 of 1), Viktor Ejdsell, Alexandre Fortin, John Hayden, Matthew Highmore, Matheson Iacopelli, Luke Johnson, Dominik Kahun, David Kampf, Graham Knott, Anthony Louis, Andreas Martinsen, Jacob Nilsson, Nathan Noel, William Pelletier (AHL - year 1 of 1), Henrik Samuelsson (AHL - year 2 of 2), Jordan Shroeder and Tyler Sikura
Defensemen: Lucas Carlsson, Carl Dahlstrom, Gustav Forsling, Dennis Gilbert, Henri Jokiharju, Robin Norell, Darren Raddysh, Luke Snuggerud and Joni Tuulola
Goaltenders: Colin Delia, Kevin Lankinen and Matt Tomkins (AHL - year 1 of 1)
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: defenseman Adam Clendening and forward Michael Chaput
NHL UFA: goaltender Jeff Glass, defenseman Cody Franson and Viktor Svedberg and forwards Lance Bouma and Jordin Tootoo
AHL UFA: defenseman Brandon Anselmini and forward Alex Wideman
San Antonio Rampage
The St. Louis Blues are now the the sole affiliate of the Rampage, while the Colorado Avalanche have their AHL affiliate Colorado Eagles as the newly added 31st AHL club to match up with the NHL's 31 teams.
Under Contract
Forwards: Samuel Blais, Connor Bleackley, Erik Foley, Tanner Kaspick, Klim Kostin, Jordan Kyrou, Adam Musil, Austin Poganski, Zachary Sanford and Jared Thomas (AHL - year 1 of 1)
Defensemen: Chris Butler, Niko Mikkola, Dmitrii Sergeev and Jake Walman
Goaltenders: Ville Husso and Luke Opika
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: goaltender Jordan Binnington, defenseman Petteri Lindbohm and forwads Beau Bennett and Mackenzie MacEachern
NHL UFA: defenseman Thomas Vannelli and forwards Wade Megan and Justin Selman
AHL UFA: goaltender Sam Brittain, defensemen Josh Atkinson, Nolan De Jong and Gabriel Verpaelst and forwards Alex Belzile, Thomas Frazee, Michael Joly, Shawn Ouellette-St. Amant, Brady Shaw and Ben Storm
Under Contract
Forwards: Nicholas Caamano, Tony Calderone, Justin Dowling, Denis Gurianov, Roope Hintz, Colin Markison (AHL - year 1 of 1), Travis Morin (AHL - year 1 of 1), James Phelan (AHL - year 1 of 1),
Defensemen: Gavin Bayreuther, Niklas Hansson, Chris Martenet, John Nyberg, Reece Scarlett and Ondrej Vala
Goaltenders: Landon Bow
Impending Free Agents
NHL RFA: goaltender Philippe Desrosiers, defenseman Dillon Heatherington and forwards Jason Dickinson and Remi Elie
NHL UFA: goaltender Mike McKenna, defensemen Andrew O'Brien and Brent Regner and forwards Brian Flynn, Curtis McKenzie and Cole Ully
AHL UFA: defensemen Shane Hanna, Matt Mangene, Michael Paliotta and Eric Sweetman and forwards Sheldon Dries, Austin Fyten, Tyler Kelleher, Samuel Laberge, Greg Rallo and Tommy Thompson