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Sharks issue qualifying offers to Tomas Hertl, Matt Nieto, Ryan Carpenter and Dylan DeMelo

The Sharks and GM Doug Wilson have announced that they are giving qualifying offers to forwards Tomas Hertl, Matt Nieto and Ryan Carpenter along with defenseman Dylan DeMelo.

The current team must extend a "qualifying offer" to a restricted free agent to retain negotiating rights to that player.

Players who earned less than $660,000 in the previous season must be offered 110 percent of last season's salary. Players making up to $1 million must be offered 105 percent. Players making over $1 million must be offered 100 percent.

If the qualifying offer is not made, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent.