Ahead of Monday evening’s 5 p.m. deadline to do so, the Carolina Hurricanes extended qualifying offers to eight of their 11 restricted free agents.
Forwards Martin Necas, Steven Lorentz and Stelio Mattheos, and defensemen Ethan Bear, Joey Keane, Max Lajoie, Jesper Sellgren and Tarmo Reunanen were all extended qualifying offers. Goaltenders Beck Warm and Jack LaFontaine, as well as center David Cotton, did not receive qualifying offers and will become unrestricted free agents Wednesday.
The big names here for the Canes are obviously the trio of Necas, Lorentz and Bear, who spent at least the last two seasons at the NHL.