July 16: Beckman (NJD), Coe (SJS), Heinola (WPG), LaCombe (ANA), Nesterenko (ANA), Robertson (NYR) and Søgaard (OTT) signed new contracts yesterday. Everyone else remains an RFA, but their qualifying offers have expired.
July 15: The deadline for remaining RFAs to sign their qualifying offers is 4 p.m. CT today. If a player doesn’t sign their qualifying offer, the team that owns their signing rights still has first right of refusal or draft choice compensation should they sign an offer sheet with another team, but a guaranteed offer is no longer on the table from their current team. Teams can extend QOs past today’s deadline on a case-by-case basis if they notify the player in writing. Players who are 10.2(c) RFAs or those who have filed for arbitration are ineligible to sign offer sheets.
Each player’s qualifying offer cost is in parentheses. The cost is calculated based on the player’s actual salary, not cap hit, in 2023-24. A specific breakdown can be found over at PuckPedia. All QOs are one-year deals.
Even if a player has already signed overseas or in another league, their qualifying offer is technically still active until this afternoon’s deadline.
Anaheim Ducks
D Jackson LaCombe ($874,125) 10.2(c)
F Nikita Nesterenko ($874,125) 10.2(c)
Boston Bruins
F Marc McLaughlin ($813,750)
G Jeremy Swayman ($3.475MM)
Buffalo Sabres
F Peyton Krebs ($874,125)
G Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen ($971,250) filed for arbitration
F Beck Malenstyn ($813,750) filed for arbitration
Calgary Flames
F Adam Klapka ($813,750)
D Yan Kuznetsov ($866,250)
D Nikita Okhotyuk ($813,750)
F Jakob Pelletier ($874,125)
F Cole Schwindt ($874,125)
D Ilya Solovyov ($813,750)
G Dustin Wolf ($813,750)
Carolina Hurricanes
F Jack Drury ($874,125) filed for arbitration
F Seth Jarvis ($874,125)
F Martin Nečas ($3.5MM) filed for arbitration
Chicago Blackhawks
D Louis Crevier ($813,750) 10.2(c)
D Isaak Phillips ($840,000)
Columbus Blue Jackets
F Kent Johnson ($874,125) 10.2(c)
F Kirill Marchenko ($874,125) filed for arbitration
F Cole Sillinger ($874,125)
Dallas Stars
D Thomas Harley ($874,125)
Detroit Red Wings
F Jonatan Berggren ($874,125)
F Lucas Raymond ($874,125)
D Moritz Seider ($874,125)
F Joe Veleno ($866,250) filed for arbitration
Edmonton Oilers
D Philip Broberg ($874,125)
F Dylan Holloway ($874,125)
Los Angeles Kings
F Quinton Byfield ($874,125)
F Arthur Kaliyev ($874,125)
G Erik Portillo ($826,875)
D Jordan Spence ($813,750)
Minnesota Wild
F Graeme Clarke ($813,750)
Montreal Canadiens
D Justin Barron ($874,125)
D Arber Xhekaj ($813,750)
Nashville Predators
D Marc Del Gaizo ($813,750)
F Juuso Pärssinen ($813,750)
D Spencer Stastney ($874,125) filed for arbitration
F Philip Tomasino ($874,125)
D Adam Wilsby ($813,750)
New Jersey Devils
F Adam Beckman ($874,125)
G Nico Daws ($813,750)
F Nolan Foote ($874,125)
D Santeri Hatakka ($813,750)
F Dawson Mercer ($874,125)
New York Islanders
D Dennis Cholowski ($813,750)
F Simon Holmström ($874,125)
F Ruslan Iskhakov ($813,750)
F Oliver Wahlstrom ($917,831) filed for arbitration
New York Rangers
F Karl Henriksson ($874,125)
D Ryan Lindgren ($3.6MM) filed for arbitration
D Matthew Robertson ($840,000)
Ottawa Senators
G Kevin Mandolese ($813,750)
G Mads Søgaard ($874,125)
D Lassi Thomson ($874,125)
San Jose Sharks
F Egor Afanasyev ($813,750)
F Thomas Bordeleau ($874,125) 10.2(c)
F Brandon Coe ($813,750)
D Henry Thrun ($874,125) 10.2(c)
Seattle Kraken
F Matthew Beniers ($874,125)
D Peetro Seppälä ($813,750)
St. Louis Blues
F Mikhail Abramov ($813,750)
F Nikita Alexandrov ($874,125)
Tampa Bay Lightning
G Hugo Alnefelt ($813,750)
F Waltteri Merela ($813,750)
Toronto Maple Leafs
F Connor Dewar ($892,500) filed for arbitration
F Nicholas Robertson ($813,750)
F Alex Steeves ($813,750)
Utah Hockey Club
D Victor Söderström ($874,125)
Vancouver Canucks
G Arturs Silovs ($813,750)
Vegas Golden Knights
F Ivan Morozov ($874,125)
Winnipeg Jets
D Ville Heinola ($874,125)
D Simon Lundmark ($813,750)
F Cole Perfetti ($874,125)
What does “a guaranteed offer is no longer on the table from their current team.” mean exactly?
If a player accepts their QO, it’s binding.
So if the QOs expire, each team still holds the signing rights? Do they have the option of not signing and getting compensation at that point?
Yes, teams still hold signing rights after QOs expire. No compensation if they opt not to sign – that would only come if they opt not to match an offer sheet.
So how’s it happen then that some teams get a compensatory pick in the draft for not signing a previous draft pick? I know NYR got one a few years back for the fella that died from a heart condition.
@PyramidHeadcrab – Those are entirely different situations. The players here are all coming off contracts they’ve already signed, whether entry-level or subsequent deals.
The compensation you’re referring to only happens when a team drafts a player in the first round and they never sign their ELC – e.g. the Flyers receiving a compensatory pick this year for not signing Jay O’Brien, who they selected 19th overall in 2018.
Byfield agreed to a new deal yesterday. That seems to have been omitted from the article