The Hurricanes extended qualifying offers to five players Monday. Here’s who they are
The Carolina Hurricanes have extended qualifying offers to five of the team’s six restricted free agents ahead of Monday’s deadline.
The team tabbed The Canes extended qualifying offers to forwards Warren Foegele, Andrei Svechnikov and Egor Korshkov, defenseman Maxime Lajoie and goalie Dylan Wells. As restricted free agents, the Canes have exclusive negotiating rights with the players, and have the right to match an offer sheet tendered by another organization.
The lone RFA the Canes did not tender was goalie Jeremy Helvig.
The team has been in contract negotiations with Svechnikov, 21, and general manager Don Waddell said Saturday there has been “lot of talks in the last six weeks” and said the talks had been progressive. He said it was unlikely an agreement would be reached before Wednesday.
“There’s no urgency from either side right now,” Waddell said on the media call.
Foegele’s situation could be more problematic in that he has salary arbitration rights, according to CapFriendly.com, which tracks player contracts.
This story was originally published July 26, 2021 at 3:05 PM.
