At 5:00 pm on Sunday, qualifying offers expired for all unsigned restricted free agents on all the teams. For the Tampa Bay Lightning, there are six RFAs who have yet to be signed. Anthony Cirelli, Mikhail Sergachev, Erik Cernak, Mathieu Joseph, Alexander Volkov, and Dominik Masin.
Reminder that all unsigned Qualifying Offers expire at 5pm ET today.
Clubs can choose to extend the deadline past Oct 18th on a case by case basis.
Even if a player rejects/refuses their QO, they still retain their RFA status and the club continues to hold on to their rights.