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2022 San Diego Gulls Offseason Player Tracker

by Elaine Shircliff

August 5, 2022

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The Iowa Wild host the San Diego Gulls at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, Iowa on January 28, 2022.
(Tim Garland / Iowa Wild Photographer)

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The San Diego Gulls’ 2021-22 season was like a box of chocolates. You never knew what you were going to get. The inconsistency of the year was highlighted at the beginning of the season when they won one of five in October, six of 10 in November, and then one of seven in January. Once March rolled around, it felt as though the Gulls were firing on all cylinders and were going to close out the season on a high note. Then April hit, and they went on a seven-game winless streak to close out the season and finish seventh in the Pacific.

Luckily, for San Diego, the AHL expanded the 2022 Calder Cup Playoffs, allowing them to sneak into the postseason with a .463 points percentage. However, it was a short-lived playoff run for the Gulls, as they were swept in the first round by the Ontario Reign, 7-4 and 3-2.

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Three players from the Gulls earned AHL Player of the Week honors during the 2021-22 season. Forward Brayden Tracey was named Player of the Week on November 28, 2021 after racking up seven points over the span of three games. Goaltender Lukas Dostal impressed the AHL at the end of February when he went 2-0, had a 1.01 GAA, and earned his first career shutout. His shutdown effort made him the youngest goaltender in AHL Gulls history to record a shutout. Forward Alex Limoges ended March with pizzazz, earning his first career hat trick and scoring eight point (7g,1a) in four games.

(List accurate as of August 10th at 8:20am PT)

UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

Hunter Drew – Last year of entry-level contract
Maxim Golod – Last year of entry-level contract
Bryce Kindopp – Last year of entry-level contract
Josh Lopina – First year of entry-level contract
Blake McLaughlin – First year of entry-level contract
Danny O’Regan – Last year of two-way NHL contract
Benoit-Olivier Groulx – Last year of entry-level contract
Jacob Perreault – First year of entry-level contract
Brayden Tracey – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
Logan Nijhoff – Signed two-year AHL contract on April 7

Defensemen

Axel Andersson – Last year of entry-level contract*
Drew Helleson – Signed three-year, entry-level contract on March 30

Goaltenders

Lukas Dostal – Last year of entry-level contract
Olle Eriksson Ek – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 22

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

Sasha Pastujov – First year of entry-level contract
Pavol Regenda – Signed two-year entry-level contract* on June 1 (played for HK Dukla Michalovce of Slovakia in 2021-22)
Chase De Leo – Signed two-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14 (played for New Jersey and the Utica Comets in 2021-22)
Glenn Gawdin – Signed a two-year NHL contract on July 14 (22-23 is two-way, 23-24 is one-way; played for the Calgary Flames and Stockton Heat in 2021-22)
Justin Kirkland – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14 (played for the Stockton Heat in 2021-22)
Logan Nijhoff – Signed a two-year AHL contract on August 9 (played for San Diego on an ATO and the Regina Pats of the WHL in 2021-22)

Defensemen

Olli Juolevi – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 27 (played for Detroit & Florida and the Charlotte Checkers in 2021-22)
Austin Strand – Signed one-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14 (played for Los Angeles and the Ontario Reign in 2021-22)
Colton White – Signed two-year, two-way NHL contract on July 14 (played for New Jersey and the Utica Comets of AHL in 2021-22)
Urho Vaakanainen – Signed a two-year, one-way NHL contract on July 22 (played for the Boston and Providence Bruins in 2021-22)

Goaltenders

Calle Clang – Signed three-year, entry-level contract on May 5 (played for Rögle BK on the SHL in 2021-22)

* – Contract includes European Assignment Clause, detailed in Article 11 – 11.19 of the NHL Collective Bargaining Agreement — “The SPC of any Player may contain a clause that provides that, in the event his NHL Club Loans the Player to a club outside the NHL, during the period of such Loan, the Player shall have the option to be Loaned to a club of his choice outside North America.”