Before free agency officially begins next month, teams will start to take care of some of their restricted free agents. That comes in the form of qualifying offers. A qualifying offer is needed to retain the negotiating rights of a player. Teams have until June 30th at 5 p.m. in order to retain these player’s rights. The Flyers tendered a qualifying offer to five of their upcoming free agents while letting three of their other eligible players head to free agency without an offer.
There is also some more clarification in the Ivan Fedotov situation. The Flyers will retain his rights as the contract he signed last summer will be tolled and remain in effect for the 2023-24 season.