With free agency arriving later this week, the Chicago Blackhawks announced that two players will remain under team control while a handful of players appear slated for the open market — including two players who’ve been debated at length.
First, the retained players: the Blackhawks announced that they’ve extended qualifying offers to restricted free agents Philipp Kurashev and Caleb Jones.
Both Jones and Kurashev now have the option to accept that qualifying offer or negotiate a new contract with the team. For Kurashev, who just completed the third and final season of his entry-level contract, the qualifying offer would be for $840,000, per CapFriendly.