The Seattle Kraken kept two more forwards in the fold on Monday, locking up Jon-Randall Avon and Lleyton Roed on one-year, two-way contract extensions.
Both deals carry an NHL cap hit of $850,000 for the 2026-27 season. Roed’s minor-league salary hasn’t been reported, while PuckPedia lists Avon’s AHL cap hit at $100,000.
Neither player has reached the NHL yet, and both have spent their pro careers entirely in the AHL after finishing their entry-level deals.
Avon’s path to Seattle included a stop in Philadelphia. He signed a three-year contract with the Flyers in September 2021, a deal that carried an NHL AAV of $800,000 and an $80,000 minor-league salary. He spent his first two pro seasons with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms before the Flyers moved him to the Kraken organization in a minor-league trade for Tucker Robertson in September of last year.
Once he landed with the Coachella Valley Firebirds, Avon put together the best season of his career. The Peterborough, Ont. native scored 10 goals and added 14 assists for 24 points in 45 games, then chipped in seven goals and eight points during the Calder Cup Playoffs as the Firebirds reached the Pacific Division Final before falling to the Colorado Eagles.
Across 170 regular-season AHL games, the undrafted forward has 26 goals and 33 assists for 59 points. He also has eight points in 15 postseason games.
Roed’s route was different, but the production has been there too. Another undrafted player, he joined the Firebirds late in the 2023-24 season after his sophomore year at Bemidji State and quickly settled in as a dependable secondary scorer.
He posted 26 points in 2024-25, then followed that with 11 goals and 27 assists for 38 points in 65 games this past season. In Coachella Valley’s playoff run, he added three goals and seven points.
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