The deadline for players to accept qualifying offers is tomorrow July 15, 5pm ET. If a player accepts their QO, that is their contract for the upcoming season.
Bennett - won't accept his. Will get much more from the Flames.
Ferland - just signed a new contract yesterday so QO is moot.
Vey - signed in the KHL so can't accept his QO.
Lazar - missed out on getting a one-way QO per the CBA rules by ~20 games played last season. likely holds out for a one-way contract.
The rest: Gillies, Hathaway, Kulak, Rittich, and Wotherspoon, don't have strong cases to get one way deals and/or get much more than their QO NHL salaries. Will be interesting to see if any accept their QO. Some might be willing to sign deals where they get less NHL salary than their QO in exchange for getting more AHL salary (i.e. more guaranteed salary next year regardless of where they play).
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