The Florida Panthers have extended qualifying offers to seven players according to a report from George Richards of the Miami Herald. The deadline for teams to qualify players, and retain the right of first refusal with those players in contract negotiations, falls on Monday evening at 5 p.m. ET.
The players that received qualifying offers from the Panthers include: forwards Brandon Pirri, Ryan Martindale, Garrett Wilson and Jimmy Hayes; and defenseman Erik Gudbranson, Dmitry Kulikov, Dylan Olsen.
Four players did not receive qualifying offers from the Panthers (all forwards: Steven Anthony, Matthias Lindstrom, Anthony Luciani and Jonathan Hazen) and will become unrestricted free agents.
