2025 Belleville Sens Offseason Player Tracker – Belleville Sens

The summer is a busy time in American Hockey League front offices, despite the lack of action on the ice, and that’s no different for the Belleville Senators. New General Manager Matt Turek and hockey operations staff from the National Hockey League parent club in Ottawa are already busy re-shaping and re-tooling the depth chart from top to bottom as they look to keep the Senators competitive in both the AHL and NHL in 2025-26.

With some roster fluctuation expected during the offseason, the Belleville Senators are publishing the club’s annual “Offseason Player Tracker.” It provides some key dates to follow throughout the summer and allows fans to keep track of where players from the 2024-25 roster will be skating next season, as well as who will be returning to the Friendly City for another opportunity to make the jump to the NHL Sens or capture a Calder Cup in 2025-26.

DEFINITIONS

• Signed Players
  A player who is under contract with the Senators organization in either the AHL or NHL next season

• Free Agents
  Players who played for the Belleville Senators this season, on either an AHL or NHL contract, whose contracts expired at the end of the 2024-25 season

• Restricted Free Agent (RFA):
  A player that has reached the end of their initial entry-level contract but is not yet an unrestricted free agent. Their rights are still held by the NHL team.

• Unrestricted Free Agent (UFA):
  A player that is older than 25 (or after 7 years, whichever comes first) and his contract ends. UFAs can sign with any team.

• Entry-level Contract (ELC):
  All new players, under the age of 25, are required to sign an ELC. ELC’s last three years if the player is age 18-21, two years if age 22-24 and one year if age 24.

•  American Hockey League Contract:
  If a player signs an AHL contract, they are ineligible to play in the National Hockey League. Players on AHL contracts become UFAs once their deals expire.

• Two-way contract:
  Players on a two-way contract have their pay dependent on if they are assigned to the NHL or the AHL. All entry-level contracts are two-way contracts.

•  One-way contract:
  Players on a one-way contract are paid the same amount of money regardless of whether they play in the NHL or AHL.

• Unsigned Prospects
  Players who were drafted by the Ottawa Senators but have yet to be signed to a professional contract