The Carolina Hurricanes issued qualifying offers to three players on Monday afternoon before the 5:00 deadline. Forwards Brock McGinn and Phil Di Giuseppe and defenseman Jake Chelios will remain restricted free agents when the free agent market opens around the NHL on Saturday, July 1.
Three other players were not qualified and will become unrestricted free agents. Forward Andrej Nestrasil is the most noteworthy of the three players who were not qualified, along with goaltender Daniel Altshuller and forward Erik Karlsson, who had previously announced that he would be returning to Sweden for next season.