The RFA qualifying offer deadline has come and gone. All 32 NHL teams have now finalized their lists of players to keep and cut loose.
The Calgary Flames have elected to qualify 12 of their 14 restricted free agents. Calgary retains the RFA rights to Dillon Dube, Matthew Phillips, Glenn Gawdin, Juuso Valimaki, Connor Mackey, Luke Philp, Tyler Parsons, Colton Poolman, Justin Kirkland, Carl-Johan Lerby, Alexander Yelesin, and Oliver Kylington; Dominik Simon and Artyom Zagidulin will become UFAs on July 28.
While the Flames’ list of qualified players features very few surprises, a selection of teams around the league elected against tendering offers to some of their most intriguing RFAs (presumably for salary cap or arbitration reasons).