San Diego Gulls 2023 Offseason: Changes

It is that time of year again! Like in years past – this post will serve as a one-stop shop for all of the arrivals and departures for the San Diego Gulls, a roster changes compendium for the 2022-2023 offseason.

Below is a time line of the departures and arrivals as well as a line-up at the bottom that will be continually updated as news comes to hand.

	Date	Player	Team
	9 May 2023	Olle Eriksson Ek	MoDo (Sweden)
	10 May 2023	Andrej Sustr	Europe (Rumour)
	11 May 2023	Axel Andersson	Djugardens IF (Sweden)
	31 May 2023	Evan Weinger	Vienna Capitals (Austria)
	2 June 2023	Brent Gates Jr	HK Nitra (Slovakia)
	28 June 2023	Andrew Agozzino	San Diego Gulls
	2 July 2023	Trevor Carrick	San Diego Gulls
	2 July	Nik Brouillard	New York Rangers
	5 July	Josh Healey	Rockford Ice Hogs
	6 July	Chase Priskie	Washington Capitals
	5 July	Robert Hägg	Anaheim Ducks
	5 July	Nick Wolff	San Diego Gulls
	5 July	Luca Profaca	San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers
	9 July	Josiah Slavin	Toronto Maple Leafs/Marlies
	15 July	Justin Kirkland	Arizona Coyotes/Tuscon Roadrunners
	15 July	BO Groulx	Anaheim Ducks/San Diego Gulls
	31 July	Eddie Matsushima	San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers
	31 July	Anthony Costantini	San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers
	14 August	Andy Carroll	San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers
	14 August	Kyle Crnkovic	San Diego Gulls/Tulsa Oilers
	22 August	Bryce Kindopp	Rockford Ice Hogs
	6 September	Michael Del Zotto	Retired
	6 September	David Cotton	Florida Everblades (ECHL)
	7 September	Dylan Sikura	Skellefteå AIK (Sweden)

The New Guys

This will be updated with a short bio and my thoughts on each new signing.

Andrew Agozzino re-acquired

Almost forgot the Ducks brought Agozzino back – dealing the already departed Sustr to acquire him. He helps to shore up the center depth.

Trevor Carrick 2 – Maple Syrup Bro Electric Boogaloo

We know what this guy is about. Welcome back Trevor.

Nick Wolff

Wolff is a 6’5″ 220lb left shooting shutdown defenseman – I am guessing he was signed to be paired with one of the Ducks incoming offensively gifted defenders. Which also means he – or they – would need to play their off-side as they are both left shot defenders too. I am going to go ahead and assume that Zelwegger makes the big club though – just based on how he looked at development camp.

Eddie Matsushima

Matsushima has been a constant fixture in Tulsa for the past two seasons and is your prime example of a hard working player that has slowly moved their way up the ranks. Starting in DIV3 of the NCAA at his native University of Wisconsin-River Falls, moving onto the SPHL and then breaking through to the ECHL permanently with the Oilers in 2021-2022 after brief stints with the Solar Bears, Mariners and Railers in 2019-2020. He set a career high in goals (28) and points (47) last season while leading the team in scoring. With the Ducks unlikely to have any forward prospects on the Oilers other than potentially McLaughlin again – it makes sense to have the 29 year old left shot center under contract for an easy call-up.

Anthony Costantini

Constantini is a 6’1″defender that is crucially a right-shot. He played the last four seasons with the Ottawa 67’s where Pavol Mintyukov joined him after a mid-season trade. Like Carroll below – he is a shutdown defender, putting up only 36 points in 67 games and 26 points in 67 games the year before. Like Profaca – the Ducks are hoping they can develop him into something long-term as they have managed with the likes of Simon Benoit before.

Andy Carroll

Carroll saw one game of action with Abbotsford last season after spending the previous five years at Minnesota State University where he put up average to middling numbers. At 6’0″ and 185lbs he isnt your atypical hulking shutdown type but clearly works hard to earn his opportunities. Expect him to spend most of the year in Tulsa.

Kyle Crnkovic

Crnkovic is possibly the most exciting signing to me – Ive seen it mentioned that he was among the most intriguing unsigned CHL graduates. He had 64 points in 63 games as a 17 year old but was passed over in the 2019 draft then followed that up with 32 points in 24 games in the pandemic shortened season. Last year he led the Blades with 94 points in 68 games as a 20 year old and as the Ducks selected his team-mate Yegor Sidorov in the third round of this most recent 2023 draft – they obviously had an eye on the 5’7″ left shooting winger also. He was traded just before training camp to the Seattle Thunderbirds and was particularly noticable in their memorial cup run – scoring goals like the below.

Kyle Crnkovic goes BarDown to even it again for Seattle! #MemorialCup pic.twitter.com/p94fQagIhh

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 27, 2023

And this one

Kyle Crnkovic with his second of the night!#MemorialCup pic.twitter.com/GLVnTXkJNA

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 28, 2023

Easy to see that he has a very underrated shot. I initially had him tagged as going straight to Tulsa right out of camp but I can see him sticking with the Gulls if everything falls right.

Player List

Again like last off-season, its colour coded by who is under contract, who is not and who is departed.

Forwards

No.	Name	Position	Status	23-24 Team
7	Brayden Tracey	LW	Signed through 2023-2024	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
10	Josh Lopina	C	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
11	Jacob Perreault	RW	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
12	Pavol Regenda	LW	Signed through 23-24	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
14	Judd Caulfield	RW	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
15	Dmitry Osipov	RW	UFA	UFA
16	Bryce Kindopp	RW/C	Signed with Rockford	Rockford Icehogs (AHL)
17	Evan Weinger	RW	Signed with Vienna Capitals (Austria)	Vienna Capitals (Austria)
18	Brent Gates Jr	C	Signed with HK Nitra (Slovakia)	HK Nitra (Slovakia)
19	Chase De Leo	C	Signed through 23-24	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
21	Glenn Gawdin	C	Signed through 23-24	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
23	Justin Kirkland	C	Signed with Arizona/Tucson	Arizona/Tucson
24	BO Groulx	C	Signed one year extension	San Diego Gulls
26	Dylan Sikura	RW	Signed with Skellefteå AIK (Sweden)	Skellefteå AIK (SHL)
36	Josiah Slavin	LW	Signed with Toronto	Toronto Marlies
42	Travis Howe	RW	UFA	UFA
43	David Cotton	C	Signed with Florida Everblades	Florida Everblades (ECHL)
??	Blake McLaughlin	LW	Signed through 23-24	San Diego Gulls (AHL) / Tusla Oilers (ECHL)
??	Nathan Gaucher	C	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Sasha Pastujov	LW/RW	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Jaxsen Wiebe	RW	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Ben King	C/RW	Not signed yet	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Eddie Matsushima	C	SPC	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Kyle Crnkovic	LW	SPC	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL)

Defense

No.	Name	Position	Status	23-24 Team
29	Axel Andersson	RD	Signed with Djugardens (Sweden)	Djugardens (Allsvenskan)
39	Nik Brouillard	LD	Signed with New York Rangers	Hartford Wolf Pack
2	Andrej Sustr	LD	Signed in Europe	Europe
3	Frank Hora	LD	UFA	UFA
4	Drew Helleson	RD	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
5	Michael Del Zotto	LD	Retired	Retired
6	Chase Priskie	RD	Signed with Washington	Hershey Bears
38	Luca Profaca	LD	Signed an SPC	Tulsa Oilers/San Diego Gulls
44	Josh Healey	LD	Signed with Rockford	Rockford Icehogs
45	Olli Juolevi	LD	UFA	UFA
??	Pavel Mintyukov	LD	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Olen Zellweger	LD	Signed through 24-25	Anaheim Ducks (NHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Tyson Hinds	LD	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Nick Wolff	LD	Signed through 23-24	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Anthony Constantini	RD	SPC	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL)
??	Andy Carroll	LD	SPC	Tulsa Oilers (ECHL) / San Diego Gulls (AHL)

Goaltending

No.	Name	Position	Signed Through	23-24 Team
1	Lukas Dostal	G	Two year Extension	San Diego Gulls (AHL) / Anahiem Ducks (NHL)
31	Olle Eriksson Ek	G	Signed with MoDo (Sweden)	MoDo (Sweden)
30	Calle Clang	G	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)
35	Gage Alexander	G	Signed through 24-25	San Diego Gulls (AHL)

Line Up

And the lines look like this so far this should be complete by the end of the San Diego Gulls 2023 Offseason. Note: I expect BO Groulx and Pavol Regenda to be with the Ducks next season.

.	Left Wing	Center	Right Wing
L1	Tracey	Gawdin	Perreault
L2	Pastujov	De Leo	King???
L3	Agozzino	Gaucher	Crnkovic
L4	McLaughlin	Lopina	Caulfield
Spares:

.	Left D	Right D
L1	Mintyukov	Helleson
L2	Zellweger	Wolff
L3	Hinds	Carrick
Spares:

.	Goal
G1	Dostal
G2	Clang
G3	Alexander
Spares:

	Denotes Veteran Status
	Denotes Wild-Cart Vet Status
	UFA
	Under Contract
	RFA