Lightning Issue Qualifying Offers to Six Players

June 30, 2014 - American Hockey League (AHL)
Syracuse Crunch News Release

TAMPA BAY - The Tampa Bay Lightning have issued qualifying offers to six players, vice president and general manager Steve Yzerman announced today. There were four players who were not qualified.

Below is a list of players receiving qualifying offers:

Pos.

RW Brett Connolly

2 Dmitry Korobov

RW Cody Kunyk

RW Richard Panik

LW Philippe Paradis

2 Andrej Sustr

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.

Players who did not receive qualifying offers are defensemen Keith Aulie and Charles Landry, forward Geoff Walker and goaltender Anders Lindback. They will all become unrestricted free agents tomorrow.

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