Topping the list of expiring RFA salaries is Matt Murray with $3.750 million. Drake Caggiula is due $1.5 million, and I’ve never been clear about the difference between him and, say, Nic Petan other than that Petan is likely better. Their QO won’t scare teams, but they might be available as cheap depth or in trade when the arbitration hearing goes bad. Again, he’d be cheap (assuming he signs that qualifying offer) and Ho-Sang has shown – over a small sample size – that he can be productive at the NHL level. Even if these players weren't qualified, it's still possible that they are re-signed by their clubs from last season if the market doesn't provide what they would have received as a qualifying offer. They don’t have to trade him, so they won’t sell him cheap. Josh Anderson is due $2.1 million from Columbus, and they want him, but aren’t sure they can afford him, and there’s a lot of trade buzz around him already. Fantasy Take: Montreal sends Domi to Columbus for Anderson. Qualifying Offers apply to Group 2 and Group 4 free agents. QUALIFYING OFFER. Max Domi is receiving the negotiation via the media treatment in Montréal, but he seems able to play the game himself. © 2020 Dobber Sports Inc. All Rights Reserved. Qualified RFA-to-be Mackenzie Blackwood seems capable of handling a 50/50 workload, but at the moment he doesn't project to be an Andrei Vasilevskiy/Connor Hellebuyck/Carey Price who can carry the mail most games. Hard pass. They have heaps of cap space, so I expect he’ll get signed and traded at the deadline. The GM who signed those deals is long gone.

Midway through round 6 of Wednesday’s NHL draft, the Flames had to announce their qualified RFA’s before the 3 pm MST deadline. However, given the high supply of free agent goalies, the sharp decline in his numbers, and the injury risk, it's possible that we may have seen the last of the 34-year-old Schneider. He’s coming off his worst season of the three full NHL seasons he’s played, and he seems to be about a replacement-level third pairing player who had one very good season in Anaheim. Montour’s biggest recommendation as a potential bargain signing is that he’s a right-shooting defender who needs to prove himself. There are players expiring this offseason whose QOs are also alarming to GMs, and some of them might face the same fate as Rodrigues. If GM Ken Holland is letting AA walk because he couldn't trade him, that might give you an idea of what the trade market is like right now. What if I don’t want Matt Murray, though? A Qualifying Offer .

The RFA rules for Qualifying Offers mean his offer has to be his current $2 million salary, and he’s not going to get that deal. Islanders podcast: What to do in unrestricted free agency? A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL), or National Basketball Association (NBA). By late December no trade had materialized and Ho-Sang was allowed to return to the Sound Tigers to continue playing. Along with talking about Mathew Barzal, the Islanders UFA situation, as well the what’s happening between the crease, Lou spoke about RFAs and that one or two of those RFAs may not receive a qualifying offer. Devin Shore is also due a $2.4 million offer, and he’s in a precarious position. He’s a really interesting player because he’s one of the best players on the Red Wings. Duclair will represent himself as a UFA, although the Senators may still try to negotiate a contract with him. After failing to make the NHL squad for the 2019-20 season, Lou told Ho-Sang to stay home while the Isles tried to work out a trade. But who knows, maybe he loves it there. As well, Wennberg was often used on a scoring line with wingers like Cam Atkinson, Oliver Bjorkstrand, and Nick Foligno in spite of his underwhelming scoring totals over the last two seasons (less than 0.4 PTS/GP). In his second NHL season, Kahun produced at a 45-point pace (31 points in 56 games). Mangiapane is up for arbitration, Parsons and Kylington’s future in Calgary is … The 38-year-old Lundqvist, who has stated he is not ready to retire, is rumored to be signing with the rival Washington Capitals on Friday. Josh Norris, Alex Formenton, Drake Batherson, Logan Brown, and Vitaly Abramov will all push for full-time roster spots. What does RFA mean? His QO is $2.4 million, and he’s due a raise now. NHL makes changes to RFA offer sheet rules for 2019 offseason Oh boy… could we FINALLY see some big name RFAs on the move this summer? With the long-rumored buyout now complete, Shesterkin is a potential top-10 fantasy goalie next season. RFAs that were not qualified will now become unrestricted free agents. The Leafs can’t afford most of the RFAs that might become available even at a reduced amount. If the qualifying offer is not made by the current team, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent, free to sign with any NHL team. They’re rumoured to be shopping some other pending RFA instead. I'm told that Evan Rodrigues' camp has had ``productive talks'' with the Leafs. Jordan Greenway in Minnesota, Haydn Fleury in Carolina and Ilya Lyubushkin in Arizona might all be players whose teams aren’t thrilled with them for various reasons, and there’s many more where they came from in the lower ranks of the list. Frozen Tools and DobberProspects launched in 2008, helping to form the nucleus of the Dobber Sports Network: dedicated to helping you win your fantasy hockey leagues.

Below Virtanen in size of QO amounts due are over 200 players coming off ELCs or contracts below $1.5 million. He’s not the only player in that situation, either. Anthony Mantha comes next with $3.3 million as his QO. The Evan Rodrigues situation is clear: He got a big arbitration award a year ago that kicked up his salary to a point that, in this new flat-cap world, no one wants to pay. He’s not much of a personal scorer, but he has an excellent all-around depth game, and he’s exactly what the Leafs need as a depth player who can float up to the third line and be very serviceable. A qualifying offer is a contract offer extended to a restricted free agent by his current team. Connor Brown is due only $1.6 million since part of his salary was signing bonus.

They’re at $3.75 and $3.525 million respectively, and both have higher salaries in their final year upping this QO now due. Troy Stecher is due $2.325 million and is the coveted right-shooting defender. Others notable names not qualified include Malcolm Subban, Mark Jankowski, Madison Bowey, Carter Verhaeghe, Travis Boyd, Troy Stecher, Lucas Wallmark, and Jayce Hawryluk, along with prospects Jeremy Roy and Jeremy Bracco. He scored four points in six games after being traded to Buffalo from Pittsburgh at the deadline, so the decision to not at least qualify him seems a bit puzzling. They aren’t really bargains though, more just good value, but they might be worth browsing at length some other day. RFA rules: Arbitration, Qualifying Offers and negotiations with no end date New, 6 comments The weirdest part of this offseason is the missing final deadline. However, he did not seem like a favorite of John Tortorella, who limited his icetime at times and even made him a healthy scratch. With arbitration rights and his ice time, he’ll get a big raise, and while the Islanders look cap-strapped, it’s fixable. That’s got two benefits: It drives the price up and it makes them both think hard about what they want to sign for. The new CBA caps that QO at 120% of the previous contract’s AAV, but did not make that retroactive, so the host of RFAs who signed deals recently with back-loaded contracts to get a huge QO on exit will still get that feature. There are two schools of thought on why the Islanders want to give Ho-Sang a qualifying offer rather than take the easy out and allow him to become an unrestricted free agent: Lou will never tell us which camp he’s in, but I have my doubts that he’s setting up a tent in the “He’s got a shot” camp.

Wennberg's body of work shows one standout season (59 points in 2016-17). Do they keep him? He has arbitration rights, so I don’t see Columbus with any motivation to even issue the qualifying offer. Months sitting on the sidelines and then being sent away to play for another team doesn’t scream: “stable relationship”. The 27-or-7 Benchmark—Any player whose contract has expired can declare himself an unrestricted free agent if he is at least 27 years old or has at least seven years playing as an NHL player. Yet the speedy Athanasiou just could not make it work in Edmonton, as he was held without a point in 12 combined regular-season and postseason games after recording a goal and an assist in his Edmonton debut. Top 25 Super Bowl Performances of All Time, Each NHL Team's Most Likely Future Hall of Famer, 30 Greatest Teams in Premier League History, 28 most memorable buzzer beaters in March Madness history. In his second NHL season, Kahun produced at a 45-point pace (31 points in 56 games).

The former first-round pick should generate some interest around the league as a third-line center with upside who could simply use a fresh start. Vinnie Hinostroza is due $1.5 million, and he’s the real reason why I included the cheaper players here.