Blues extend qualifying offers to their restricted free agents

Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesWednesday is the start of NHL free agency, so most teams released their lists of qualifying offers today. QOs are tendered to restricted free agents only; players can elect to accept their offers or for some they may head to arbitration hearings if they find the team’s offer low or otherwise not suited to their value.

The Blues extended six qualifying offers today: Niko Mikkola, Scott Perunovich, Klim Kostin, Hugh McGing, Will Bitten and Nathan Todd. The three names there that Blues fans will perk up at upon hearing are Niko Mikkola, Scott Perunovich, and Klim Kostin.

Kostin at this point in his career with the Blues still has not…