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Qualifying Offers Due Tomorrow - A Primer

After a pretty wild draft weekend, National Hockey League teams get back to business on Monday. Qualifying offers for pending restricted free agents are due in the league office by 5pm ET (3pm MT), and teams begin to shuffle the deck in preparation for the frenzy of unrestricted free agency on July 1.

For what tomorrow means, why it's significant, and why it may hold some intrigue for the Calgary Flames, here's a quick and dirty primer.

WHAT'S AN RFA?

A restricted free agent (or "Group 2 Free Agent," per the CBA) is a player with an expiring contract that does not yet qualify for unrestricted free agency, usually due to age and years of service - they're not yet 27, and haven't yet played 7 years.