On Saturday afternoon, a few days ahead of the deadline to extend qualifying offers to pending restricted free agents, the Montreal Canadiens took steps to retain the rights of five of the eight players in question.
The Canadiens have submitted qualifying offers to the following five players:
u25aaufe0f Max Domi
u25aaufe0f Charles Hudon
u25aaufe0f Victor Mete
u25aaufe0f Xavier Ouellet
u25aaufe0f Noah Juulsenhttps://t.co/pTDJ5HzV1P— Canadiens Montréal (@CanadiensMTL) October 3, 2020The list includes obvious choices like Max Domi and Victor Mete, who spent the entire 2019-20 season in the NHL.