[Bandwagon In Flames]

Originally Posted by Alberta_Beef

Yes, the Flames qualified Bancks.

http://flames.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=676231

A qualifying offer is just to retain a players rights, like the Flames giving Billins a QO despite already signing in Russia. Bancks did not accept the qualifying offer and then later agreed to an AHL only deal, likely at larger AHL dollars than his qualifying offer.

I do recall this being the case. He knew how far down the depth chart he was so just wanted an AHL deal for bigger dollars. I think he ended up making 20-30k more because of it.