In his first player moves as GM, Stve Yezerman has extended qualifying offers to 10 Lightnign restricted free agents:
- Steve Downie
- Blair Jones
- Martins Karsums
- Mike Lundin
- Vladmir Mihalik
- Teddy Purcell
- Paul Ranger
- Juraj Simek
- Paul Szczechura
- Nate Thompson
LIGHTNING ISSUE QUALIFYING OFFERS TO 10 PLAYERS
TAMPA BAY – The Tampa Bay Lightning have issued qualifying offers to 10 players, Vice President and General Manager Steve Yzerman announced today. There were three players who did not receive qualifying offers, making them unrestricted free agents on July 1.
Players receiving offers are as follows:
Pos. Player
RW Steve Downie
C Blair Jones
RW Martins Karsums
D Mike Lundin
D Vladimir Mihalik
RW Teddy Purcell
D Paul Ranger
LW Juraj Simek
C Paul Szczechura
C Nate Thompson
The deadline for NHL clubs to issue offers is Monday, June 28. By issuing qualifying offers to the aforementioned players, the Lightning are given the right of the first refusal or draft choice compensation should the player sign an offer sheet with another NHL club.
Players not receiving qualifying offers were RW Chris Lawrence, LW Radek Smolenak and RW Lauri Tukonen.
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