The Hawks needed to make the qualifying offer to retain McNeill's rights by Monday.
The Chicago Blackhawks have tendered a qualifying offer to restricted free agent Mark McNeill, reports The Athletic's Scott Powers. The deadline to make qualifying offers to all restricted free agents is Monday, so the Hawks will lose the rights to all of their other restricted free agents if they don't make them offers.
The qualifying offer is a one-year deal worth at least 105 percent of what McNeill made last season, so at least $874,125. He's not arbitration-eligible, so he has until December 1 to accept the qualifying offer or sign an offer sheet in order to play next season.