Today was the last day to tender qualifying offers to restricted free agents and put players on unconditional waivers to buy them out. The Devils will buy out no one, Maxime Clermont and Corbin McPherson were not tendered, and I react to both.
As the day of Free Agency Frenzy becomes closer, today was a crucial day for preparations. Any restricted free agent had to be tendered a qualifying offer by 5 PM EDT today. The deadline for buying out players is tomorrow, however a player must go through and clear unconditional waivers before that can happen. As that requires a day to do, the buy out deadline was effectively today for most players.