As the calendar flips to June, the Colorado Avalanche will have to make decisions on which Restricted Free Agents to retain with qualifying offers and which players to release their rights. That deadline is usually the Monday after the NHL Draft but with that being July 1 this year and another very critical date on the calendar, the NHL will likely move it up as they did to June 30th in 2023.
Teams, and the Avalanche are no exception, will try to get ahead of this deadline by signing RFAs to contracts early and avoid the whole qualifying offer process and more importantly arbitration if the player holds those rights.