Stars Make Qualifying Offers to Neal, Grossman, 7 Others
by Brad Gardner on Jun 15, 2010 3:50 PM CDT
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PrintThe Stars are busy today, making qualifying offers on 9 players, including James Neal and Nick Grossman. This is largely a formality. They need to make these offers to retain the rights to these RFA's under the CBA.
Tyler Shelast looks to be out of here then.
We'll have more news and comment as information becomes available. There are no specifics in the release. Here it is:
Frisco, Tex. – The Dallas Stars announced today that the club has extended qualifying offers to the following nine players: left wing Fabian Brunnstrom, defenseman Maxime Fortunus, center Aaron Gagnon, defenseman Nicklas Grossman, center Perttu Lindgren, defenseman Trevor Ludwig, left wing James Neal, defenseman Matt Niskanen and right wing Raymond Sawada.
Right wing Tyler Shelast did not receive a qualifying offer.
Teams are required to extend a one-year "qualifying offer" to any current restricted free agent by June 28 in order to receive the right of the first refusal or draft choice compensation should that respective player sign an offer sheet with another NHL club. The qualifying offers will expire at 4 p.m. (Central Time) on Thursday, July 15. Qualifying offers fall into three categories:
A player whose prior year salary was equal or less than $660,000 must receive a qualifying offer of 110% of their prior year’s salary.
A player whose prior year salary was more than $660,000 and up to $1 million must receive a qualifying offer of 105% of their prior year’s salary (but in no event shall such a qualifying offer exceed $1 million).
A player whose prior year salary was equal to or more than $1 million must receive a qualifying offer at 100% of their prior year’s salary.
If a team does not give a qualifying offer to a restricted free agent, he is eligible to become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, and can sign with any team with no compensation required to the player’s former club
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WHAT IN THE WORLD ARE YOU GUYS DOING????
3 articles in one day?
And what are we supposed to do for the rest of offseason, huh? Reread these? C’mon guys, pace yourself!
Good to see the ball is rolling with these guys finally. Let’s hope we can keep everyone we need, and pick up some D in the process. Not very likely, but a guy can dream…
WE'RE DOING THE BEST WE CAN! *sobs*
Though you can blame the Stars for making so much news in the span of three days :P
Wait...
Fabian Brunnstrom’s name is on that release.
Someone call the Stars and double check that… ;)
Nisky, Nisky, Nisky
I am still "FRISKY FOR NISKY"
by RealDealNeal on Jun 16, 2010 1:55 PM CDT up reply actions
Why Fortunus?
Isn’t he a UFA? I thought they only had to make a qualifying offer to the RFA’s. Not that I know much about the whole process of course…
NHL Numbers...
…has him listed as an RFA.
Capgeek has him listed as a UFA.
He’s played four years professionally, but here’s the kicker.
He’s 26. And his birthday is July 28th.
According to the NHL CBA, had he been born before July 1, 1983, he’d be a UFA.
by Brandon Bibb on Jun 15, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Ah, so he really is an RFA.
Thanks for the clarification.
And is anyone really going to miss Shelast? Not us down here in Austin. I’m sure he’s a good guy but he really didn’t get much done.
Yeah, I was looking at his stats....didn't do much.
5 points in 32 games. But that could be because of lack of minutes…what kind of minutes was he getting down there, if I might ask?
Not really sure
I only went to about 6-7 games so I can’t give a good read on his minutes. I know I saw a lot more of him early in the season than later of course. The way I figure it if you’re 24-25 and you aren’t getting fairly significant minutes with the AHL squad then you probably don’t figure in their long term plans.
Niskers and Bunny? What the HELL is going on?
Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.
by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jun 15, 2010 5:04 PM CDT reply actions
I actually wouldn't be surprised if the Stars are trying to sign both to 2-way deals so they can send them to the AHL.
That’s a possibility.
That would be nice for Niskers, since he needs it. And maybe Fabian could become this huge AHL star….
Here's to all us girls who love hockey...and the men who play it.
by Brad_Richards_Rocks on Jun 15, 2010 5:12 PM CDT up reply actions
The more important fact
is they both have enough NHL games that they would have to go through waivers no matter what kind of contract they are on.
Either they are getting a chance to win a roster spot, or they will become trade bait with cheap entry level contracts so we can try to turn them into some kind of other asset rather than just letting them walk.
True, thanks, I had forgotten that rule.
I tend to think you’re right, they’re going to give them a shot at the roster…though I feel like the team is more dedicated to Nisky than they are Brunnstrom. What I mean by that is that he has a longer leash, they’ll keep trying to work him out longer before they officially label him as trade bait.
Brunnstrom on the other hand? Either he proves himself or he’s gone.
Brunnstrom wouldn’t cause me to lose sleep if he left.
Niskie I can stand to watch another year before making up my mind. He seemed to work well that first year and then went through the sophomore slump. I want to see if he picks it up or continues the downward slide.
by mastertypodemon on Jun 16, 2010 5:53 AM CDT reply actions
I am hoping that Nealer doesn't ask for more than his QO
Not sure how that will fit into ye olde budget
Proud fan of the #1 college hockey team in the nation - Miami University Redhawks - The Brotherhood. RIP Brendan Burke.
Whatever it is
They’ll probably backload it and just assume the new owners can afford it down the road.
The good news is that Neal is still getting better and has a ways to go.
by Brad Gardner on Jun 16, 2010 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
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