OILERS EXTEND EIGHT QUALIFYING OFFERS

Oilers extend league-maximum eight qualifying offers for 2025-26 season

Tulsa, Okla.— The Tulsa Oilers, proud ECHL affiliate of the NHL’s Anaheim Ducks and AHL’s San Diego Gulls, and powered by Community Care, announced Tuesday eight players receiving qualifying offers.

A qualifying offer is a contract offer extended to a player whose rights belong to the offering team. Qualifying offers have a built-in salary raise from the player’s previous contract. The qualifying offer must remain open for acceptance until July 22, at which time the qualifying offer becomes null and void and the team may sign the qualified player to any salary or may elect to take no further action. Teams that extend a valid qualifying offer to a non-veteran player shall retain the rights to that qualified player for one playing season. Affiliated players can’t be extended a qualifying offer. 

Oilers 2025-26 Qualifying Offers:

Duggie Lagrone – Defenseman

Keegan Iverson – Forward

Michael Farren – Forward

Daneel Lategan – Forward

Conner Roulette – Forward

Solag Bakich – Forward

Easton Brodzinski – Forward

Pito Walton - Defenseman

A team that extends a valid qualifying offer to a veteran player, or to a goaltender who has played more than 180 regular-season games, will retain the rights to that player until July 22. After July 22, if the veteran player or goaltender is not signed to a contract by the team, the player shall be deemed a restricted free agent and shall be entitled to seek and secure offers of employment from other ECHL teams. Restricted free agents may not be traded. When a restricted free agent receives a contract offer from a team other than the team with the player’s rights and the restricted free agent wishes to accept the contract offer, the restricted free agent and the offering member must, within 24 hours, notify the ECHL, the team with the player’s rights and the Professional Hockey Players’ Association. The member with the player’s rights shall have seven days after the date it is notified to exercise its right to match the contract offer.

If a restricted free agent is not signed to either an offer sheet or a contract by an ECHL team by August 8, the player shall be deemed an unrestricted free agent.

For historical reference, four players qualified in 2024 signed with Tulsa before the 2024-25 season, one joined midseason, and another was traded during the offseason. Two defensemen elected to play in Europe. 

Seven of eight qualified players in 2023 either fetched a return or played for Tulsa 2023-24. Five players were part of the regular season roster, one player was traded during preseason training camp after signing, and one player was traded in the offseason. Only one qualified player jumped overseas. 

The Oilers used all eight qualifying Offers in 2022. Five players signed with the team, two players retired, and one was traded during the offseason. 

The Oilers kick off the 2025-26 season on the road, heading to the Coralville, Iowa on Friday, Oct. 17 for a 7 p.m. season-opening battle with the Iowa Heartlanders before closing the campaign-starting weekend with a 4 p.m. rematch at Xtream Arena on Sunday, Oct. 19. 

Tulsa’s 2025-26 home-opening extravaganza features a 7:05 p.m. showdown with the Tahoe Knight Monsters on Friday, Oct.24 and finishes with the first Sunday Family Funday of the season with the Knight Monsters and Oilers facing off at 3:05 p.m. at the BOK Center.