2025 AHL Free Agency: Monday's RFA Deadline Affects AHL Rosters

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As July 1st and the beginning of free agency looms large, Monday's deadline for teams to submit qualifying offers to retain rights to pending restricted free agents (RFA) serves as important day for prospective American Hockey League (AHL) rosters this fall.

While most NHL teams have players on its NHL roster on expiring contracts, entry-level contracts and some two-way deals for players in the organization's AHL roster often times end with a decision to make upon its expiry.

As you can see below, there are RFAs on all 32 AHL rosters heading into Monday's deadline to submit qualifying offers.

Any RFA not tendered a qualifying offer today will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1st and will be added to Inside AHL Hockey's 2025 AHL Free Agent Tracker (coming soon!).

Restricted free agents (RFAs) on AHL rosters

Teams can still submit qualifying offers on RFAs who have signed overseas for 2025-26 to retain their North American rights.

Abbotsford Canucks (Vancouver)

Goaltender Nikita Tolopilo, defensemen Christian Felton, Cole McWard and Jett Woo and forwards Arshdeep Bains, Ty Glover, Tristen Nielsen, Aatu Raty and Max Sasson

Bakersfield Condors (Edmonton)

Goaltender Olivier Rodrigue and forwards Jacob Perreault and Cameron Wright

Belleville Senators (Ottawa)

Goaltender Leevi Merilainen, defensemen Max Guennette and Donovan Sebrango and forwards Vitaly Abramov, Xavier Bourgault, Philippe Daoust, Jan Jenik, Jamieson Rees and Tristen Robins

Bridgeport Islanders (NY Islanders)

Defensemen Samuel Bolduc, Aidan Fulp and Travis Mitchell and forwards Adam Beckman, Marc Gatcomb and Ruslan Iskhakov (signed with KHL’s CSKA Moskva)

Calgary Wranglers (Calgary)

Goaltenders Waltteri Ignatjew and Connor Murphy, defensemen Yan Kuznetsov, Nikita Okhotyuk (signed with KHL’s CSKA Moskva through 2025-26) and Jeremie Poirier and forwards Rory Kerins and Sam Morton

Charlotte Checkers (Florida)

Defensemen Michael Benning, Tobias Bjornfot, Nathan Staios (joined Vimmerby HC/Swe-2 in February 2025) and Zachary Uens and forwards MacKenzie Entwistle, Aleksi Heponiemi (signed with HV71/SHL through 2026-27), Logan Hutsko (retired from pro hockey), Oliver Okuliar (signed with Skellefteå AIK/SHL through 2026-27) and Wilmer Skoog

Chicago Wolves (Carolina)

Goaltender Yaniv Perets, defensemen Domenick Fensore, Anttoni Honka, Ronan Seeley and Ty Smith and forwards Skyler Brind’Amour, Noel Gunler and Ryan Suzuki

Cleveland Monsters (Columbus)

Defensemen Tim Berni (signed with Genève-Servette HC through 2026-27), Ole Julian Bjorgvik-Holm, Cole Clayton, Daemon Hunt and Samuel Knazko and forward Mikael Pyyhtiä

Coachella Valley Firebirds (Seattle)

Defenseman Peetro Seppälä (signed with Örebro HK / SHL through 2025-26)

Colorado Eagles (Colorado)

Goaltenders Kevin Mandolese and Trent Miner, defensemen Sergei Boikov (signed with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod/KHL through 2025-26) and John Ludvig and forwards William Dufour, Jean-Luc Foudy and Sampo Ranta (signed with Örebro HK / SHL through 2025-26)

Grand Rapids Griffins (Detroit)

Goaltender Gage Alexander, defensemen Eemil Viro (signed with Malmo/SHL through 2026-27) and forward Cross Hanas

Hartford Wolf Pack (NY Rangers)

Goaltenders Talyn Boyko and Dylan Garand, and forwards Brendan Brisson, Lucas Edmonds, Karl Henriksson (signed with Vaxjo/SHL through 2026-27), Jake Leschyshyn and Lauri Pajuniemi (signed with Malmo/SHL through 2027-28)

Henderson Silver Knights (Vegas)

Goaltender Isaiah Saville, defenseman Lukas Cormier and forwards Raphael Lavoie and Ivan Morozov (signed with Spartak Moskva/KHL through 2025-26)

Hershey Bears (Washington)

Defenseman Tobias Geisser (signed with EV Zug/NL through 2028-29) and forwards Pierrick Dube and Hendrix Lapierre

Iowa Wild (Minnesota)

Defenseman Ryan O’Rourke and forwards Graeme Clarke, Michael Milne, Adam Raska and Luke Toporowski

Laval Rocket (Montreal)

Goaltender Cayden Primeau, defensemen Gustav Lindstrom (signed with Djugardens IF/SHL through 2029-30), Noel Hoefenmayer and William Trudeau and forwards Sean Farrell, Rafael Harvey-Pinard and Xavier Simoneau

Lehigh Valley Phantoms (Philadelphia)

Forwards Elliot Desnoyers and Zayde Wisdom

Manitoba Moose (Winnipeg)

Defensemen Tyrel Bauer, Simon Lundmark and Isaak Phillips and forwards Parker Ford, Rasmus Kupari (signed with HC Lugano/Swiss NL through 2026-27), Mason Shaw and Kristian Vesalainen (played with HIFK/Liiga in 2024-25)

Milwaukee Admirals (Nashville)

Defenseman Luke Prokop and forwards Jordan Frasca, Ondrej Pavel and Jesse Ylonen (signed with Djurgårdens IF/SHL-Swe1 for 2025-26)

Ontario Reign (Los Angeles)

Defenseman Cole Krygier and forward Jack Studnicka

Providence Bruins (Boston)

Defensemen Drew Bavaro, Daniil Misyul (signed with Lokomotiv/KHL through 2025-26) and Ian Mitchell and forwards John Farinacci, Trevor Kuntar, Georgii Merkulov, Jaxon Nelson and Oliver Wahlstrom

Rochester Americans (Buffalo)

Goaltender Devon Levi, defenseman Ryan Johnson and forwards Alexander Kisakov, Bennett MacArthur and Tyler Tullio

Rockford IceHogs (Chicago)

Forwards Jalen Luypen, Aku Räty (signed with Kärpät/Liiga through 2026-27) and Annti Saarela (signed with Lukko/Liiga through 2025-26)

San Diego Gulls (Anaheim)

Goaltender Calle Clang and forwards Judd Caufield, Sam Colangelo, Josh Lopina, Jan Mysak and Tim Washe

San Jose Barracuda (San Jose)

Goaltender Georgii Romanov, and forwards Carl Berglund (signed with BK Mladá Boleslav/Czechia through 2025-26), Nolan Burke, Alexander Chmelevski (signed with Salavat Yulaev Ufa/KHL through 2026-27), Brandon Coe, Danil Guschin, Martin Kaut (signed with HC Dynamo Pardubice/Czechia through 2033-34) and Mitchell Russell

Springfield Thunderbirds (St. Louis)

Goaltender Vadim Zherenko, defensemen Anton Malmstrom and Hunter Skinner and forwards Mikhail Abramov (signed with Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod/KHL through 2025-26), Nikita Alexandrov and Tanner Dickinson

Syracuse Crunch (Tampa Bay)

Goaltender Hugo Alnefelt (signed with HV71/SHL through 2026-27) and forwards Jaydon Dureau, Gage Goncalves, Ryder Korczak and Waltteri Merela (signed with SC Bern/NL through 2025-26)

Texas Stars (Dallas)

Forward Antonio Stranges

Toronto Marlies (Toronto)

Goaltender Dennis Hildeby, defensemen Mikko Kokkonen, Topi Niemelä (signed with Malmo/SHL through 2025-26 season) and William Villeneuve and forwards Semyon Der-Arguchintsev (signed with Traktor Chelyabinsk/KHL through 2025-26), Roni Hirvonen (signed with Kärpät/Liiga through 2026-27), Reese Johnson and Cedric Pare

Tucson Roadrunners (Utah)

Defenseman Montana Onyebuchi and forward Kailer Yamamoto

Utica Comets (New Jersey)

Goaltender Isaac Poulter, defenseman Santeri Hatakka (signed with HV71/SHL-SWE1 through 2026-27) and forward Nolan Foote

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins (Pittsburgh)

Goaltenders Taylor Gauthier and Filip Lindberg (signed with Ässät/Liiga through 2025-26) and forwards Raivis Ansons (signed AHL contract with W-B/Scranton Penguins through 2025-26), Emil Bemstrom and Vasily Ponomarev (signed with Avangard Omsk/KHL through 2027-28)

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