The deadline to send out qualifying offers to restricted free agents ended at 5:00pm EST on June 27. Three players were left unqualified by the Bruins including Brett Connolly, Landon Ferraro, and Ben Sexton. During the 2015-16 season, Connolly and Ferraro played in 71 and 58 games respectively with the Bruins — Ferraro saw an additional 10 with the Red Wings prior to being claimed off of waivers by the Bruins earlier in the season.
Under Peter Chiarelli, the Bruins traded way two second round draft picks during the 2014-15 season to acquire Connolly from the Tampa Bay Lightning.