2023 Bakersfield Condors Offseason Player Tracker

SEASON SYNOPSIS

The Bakersfield Condors had a respectable 2022-23 season of AHL hockey. After a slow start to the year, the Condors found themselves in ninth place out of 10 Pacific Division teams on January 21 with a 13-20-3 record. In the 36 following games, Bakersfield went 24-9-7, finishing fifth to clinch a postseason spot with a 37-31-4 record, .542 points percentage, and 78 points.

Veteran forward Seth Griffith led the way scoring-wise for the Condors, posting 17 goals and 43 assists for 60 total points in all 72 games played. Griffith also received an All-Star nod for the 2023 All-Star Classic in Laval. Goaltender Calvin Pickard posted an impressive 23-12-2 record in 38 games played. He also posted a 2.70 goals against average, a .912 save percentage, and four shutouts during the regular season.

(List accurate as of Sept. 18th, 3:10pm PT)

UNDER CONTRACT AND RE-SIGNINGS

Forwards

• Xavier Bourgault – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Seth Griffith – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• James Hamblin – Last year of entry-level contract
• Dylan Holloway – Last year of entry-level contract
• Dino Kambeitz – Last year of AHL contract
• Brad Malone – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Gregg McKegg  – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Carter Savoie – Last year of entry-level contract
• Tyler Tullio – Second-to-last year of entry-level contract
• Jake Chiasson – Signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on March 18 (played with the WHL’s Saskatoon Blades and Brandon Wheat Kings in 2022-23)
• Carl Berglund – Signed a two-year, entry-level contract on March 22 (played on an ATO with Bakersfield and UMass Lowell [NCAA] in 2022-23)
• Raphaël Lavoie- Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 15

Defensemen

• Philip Broberg – Last year of entry-level contract
• Vincent Desharnais – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Cam Dineen – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Markus Niemeläinen – Last year of NHL contract (one-way)
• Alex Peters – Signed one-year, one-way AHL contract extension on April 26
• Xaviver Bernard – Signed a one-year, one-way AHL contract on May 19
• Philip Kemp – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract on May 30

Goaltenders

• Ryan Fanti – Last year of entry-level contract
• Calvin Pickard – Last year of two-way NHL contract
• Olivier Rodrigue – Signed a one-year, two-way NHL contract extension on July 4

NEW ADDITIONS

Forwards

• Ethan De Jong – Signed a two-year AHL contract on April 25 (played for Quinnipiac Univ. [NCAA] in 2022-23)
• Matvei Petrov – First year of three-year entry-level contract (entry-level slide; played for the OHL’s North Bay Battalion in 2022-23)
• Jayden Grubbe – Rights acquired via trade from the New York Rangers and signed a three-year, entry-level NHL contract on May 31 (played for the Red Deer Rebels of the WHL in 2022-23)
• Drake Caggiula – Signed a two-year. two-way NHL contract on July 1 (played for the Pittsburgh and Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins in 2022-23)
• Lane Pederson – Signed a two-year, one-way NHL contract on July 1 (played for Columbus, the Vancouver and Abbotsford Canucks, and Chicago Wolves in 2022-23)
• Cameron Wright – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for the Colorado Eagles and ECHL Utah in 2022-23)
• Alexis D’Aoust – Signed a one-year AHL contract on September 14 (played for Eispiraten Crimmitschau of the DEL2 and Västerviks IK of HockeyAllsvenskan in 2022-23)

Defensemen

• Maximus Wanner – First year of entry-level contract (entry-level slide; played for the WHL’s Moose Jaw Warriors in 2022-23)
• Connor Corcoran – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for Henderson and ECHL Savannah in 2022-23)
• Noel Hoefenmayer – Signed a one-year, entry-level NHL contract on July 1 (played for the Toronto Marlies in 2022-23)
• Jake Johnson – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for ECHL Fort Wayne and Quinnipiac Univ. [NCAA] in 2022-23)
• Ben Gleason – Signed a two-year, two-way NHL contract on July 2 (played for Texas in 2022-23)

Goaltenders

• Tyler Parks – Signed a one-year AHL contract on July 1 (played for Tucson and ECHL Atlanta in 2022-23)

DEPARTURES

Forwards

• Noah Philp – Announced his retirement on June 14
• Drake Rymsha – Signed a one-year contract with HKM Zvolen of the Slovakian Tipos Extraliga on June 20 (played vast majority of 2022-23 season with ECHL Fort Wayne)
• Matt Boudens – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Henderson on July 7 (played all of 2022-23 season with ECHL Fort Wayne)
• Tyler Benson – Signed a one-year AHL contract with Henderson on July 10
• Luke Esposito – Signed a one-year DEL contract with the Augsburger Panther on July 17
• Samuel Dove-McFalls – Signed one-year contract with Lausitzer Fuchse of DEL2 on July 24
• Garrett Van Wyhe – Signed a one-year contract with ECHL Jacksonville on August 10 (played for ECHL Fort Wayne & Adirondack in 2022-23)
• Mark Rassell – Signed a one-year contract with ECHL Idaho on September 12 (played vast majority of 2022-23 season with ECHL Fort Wayne)
• Justin Bailey – Signed a PTO with the San Jose Sharks on September 18

Defensemen

• Darien Kielb – Signed an ECHL contract with Fort Wayne on July 3 (played 2022-23 split between Bakersfield and ECHL Fort Wayne)
• Yanni Kaldis – Signed a one-year contract with Dinamo Minsk of the KHL on July 10
• Max Gildon – Signed a one-year contract with Adler Mannheim of the DEL on August 3 (loaned to Bakersfield from NHL Florida in December 2022)
• Jason Demers – “Pretty much” retired (per San Jose Hockey Now podcast); joined NHL Network crew on August 28

FREE AGENTS

Defensemen

• Adam Brubacher – UFA (AHL); played majority of 2022-23 with ECHL Fort Wayne

(Special thanks to CapFriendly and Elite Prospects for all the contract terms and definitions for this offseason player tracker!)

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