Qualifying Offer Tracker: Dylan Strome, Ondrej Kase among those who will become UFAs
Monday at 5 p.m. ET is the deadline for teams to issue a qualifying offer to their restricted free agents. Those who aren’t qualified by their respective clubs become unrestricted free agents.
Among the players who aren’t going to be qualified this summer is Dylan Strome, the No. 3 overall pick from the 2015 NHL draft. The Chicago Blackhawks are opting to cut ties with the 24-year-old following a season in which he set a new career-high with 22 goals in 69 games.
Ryan Strome is an unrestricted free agent this summer and Matthew Strome wasn’t qualified by the Philadelphia Flyers, so all three Strome brothers will be on the open market.
Hearing #Leafs will not be issuing a qualifying offer to Ondrej Kase, making him a UFA.
I’d expect Pierre Engvall will be qualified, but not 100% confirmed yet.
Not expecting many other surprises. #Canes plan to qualify Ethan Bear.@DailyFaceoff
The Toronto Maple Leafs also won’t be tendering Ondrej Kase a qualifying offer.
Kase was let go by the Boston Bruins last offseason and the Leafs brought him in on a one-year, show-me deal worth $1.25 million. Kase scored 14 goals and 27 points over 50 games for Toronto and is arbitration-eligible, which ultimately made him a luxury too rich for the cap-strapped Leafs.
Below is a list of all 32 NHL teams and the players they opted not to qualify. We will update this list as news comes in…
Anaheim Ducks: Sam Steel, Sonny Milano, Jack Badini, Roman Durny, Lucas Elvenes, Brendan Guhle, Jacob Larsson
Arizona Coyotes: Cole Hults, Christian Fischer, Cam Dineen, Kyle Capobianco.
Boston Bruins: Bruins qualify all of their RFAs.
Buffalo Sabres: Sabres qualify all of their RFAs
Calgary Flames: Johannes Kinnvall, Tyler Parsons.
Carolina Hurricanes: David Cotton, Jack LaFontaine, Beck Warm.
Chicago Blackhawks: Dominik Kubalik, Dylan Strome, Andrei Altybarmakyan, Wyatt Kalynuk, Cale Morris, Cameron Morrison.
Colorado Avalanche: Nicolas Aube-Kubel.
Columbus Blue Jackets: Kevin Stenlund, Gabriel Carlsson.
Dallas Stars: Colton Point, Alexey Lipanov, Jordan Kawaguchi.
Detroit Red Wings: Filip Larsson, Kaden Fulcher, Mitchell Stephens, Olli Juolevi.
Edmonton Oilers: Filip Berglund, Ostap Safin, Brendan Perlini.
Florida Panthers: German Rubtsov, Evan Fitzpatrick, Jonas Johansson.
Los Angeles Kings: Brendan Lemieux, Johan Sodergran, Vladimir Tkachev.
Minnesota Wild: Fedor Gordeev, Dereck Baribeau.
Montreal Canadiens: Josh Brook, Kale Clague, Rem Pitlick.
Nashville Predators: Matt Luff, David Farrance.
New Jersey Devils: Devils qualify all of their RFAs.
New York Islanders: Michael Dal Colle.
New York Rangers: Ty Ronning, Tyler Wall, Justin Richards, Jacob Elmer.
Ottawa Senators: Adam Gaudette, Victor Mete, Michael McNiven.
Philadelphia Flyers: Matthew Strome, Maksim Sushko, Kirill Ustimenko.
Pittsburgh Penguins: Danton Heinen, Justin Almeida, Jordy Bellerive, Jan Drozg, Niclas Almari, Cam Lee, Will Reilly, Alex D’Orio.
San Jose Sharks: Joachim Blichfeld, Jonathan Dahlen, Zach Gallant, Jake McGrew, Nicolas Meloche, Antoine Morand, Brinson Paschinuk, Zach Sawchenko.
Seattle Kraken: Dennis Cholowski, Daniel Sprong, Haydn Fleury, Ryan Donato.
St. Louis Blues: Tanner Kaspick.
Tampa Bay Lightning: Alexei Melnichuk, Alex Green, Odeen Tufto, Otto Somppi, Tye Felhaber.
Toronto Maple Leafs: Ondrej Kase.
Vancouver Canucks: Justin Bailey, Matthew Highmore, Juho Lammikko.
Vegas Golden Knights: Ben Jones, Brett Howden.
Washington Capitals: Ilya Samsonov.
Winnipeg Jets: Evgeny Svechnikov, Markus Phillips.