The Tampa Bay Lightning have issued qualifying offers to five players, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today.
Below is a list of players receiving qualifying offers:
Pos. Player
RW Carter Ashton
C Vladislav Namestnikov
LW Philippe Paradis
D Andrej Sustr
D Luke Witkowski
The deadline for NHL clubs to issue offers is today. By issuing qualifying offers to the aforementioned players, the Lightning are given the right of the first refusal or draft choice compensation should the player sign an offer sheet with another NHL club.
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