qualifying offers

Alex Burmistrov was one of 13 Jets' players to receive a qualifying offer Source: Winnipeg Jets press release The Winnipeg Jets announced today they extended qualifying offers to the following 13 players to retain their negotiation rights. Zach Bogosian Alexander Burmistrov Patrice Cormier Tomas Kubalik Arturs Kulda Bryan Little Eric O’Dell Edward Pasquale Anthony Peluso Paul Postma Zach Redmond Eric Tangradi Blake Wheeler Editor's Note i) By making a qualifying offer to these 13 players, the Jets retain the NHL negotiation rights to these players. In the case of Tomas Kubalik, he has already signed to play in the KHL, but should he ever want to return to the NHL, the Jets hold his negotiation rights. The same would be true if Alex Burmistrov chose to explore his options in Russia, for example. ii) Not mentioned in the Jets' press release are the players they chose not to extend qualifying offers towards. These players, goaltender Chris Carrozzi, forward Jason Gregoire, defenseman Will O'Neill, and forward Maxime Macenauer are now all unrestricted free agents.

Jets Extend Qualifying Offers to 13 Players