The group in question consists of William Nylander, Andreas Johnsson, Martin Marincin, Frederik Gauthier, Justin Holl and Miro Aaltonen. Yep, that’s all of them.
The Toronto Maple Leafs extended qualifying offers today to the following restricted free agents: Miro Aaltonen, Frederik Gauthier, Justin Holl, Andreas Johnsson, Martin Marincin and William Nylander. #TMLtalk
Some are no-brainers. Others, not so much. Let’s take a dip into what qualifying them means.
Miro Aaltonen
Qualifying Aaltonen projects as more of a security measure than anything else.