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Sabres Extend Qualifying Offers

Jun 25, 2008 NHL

Darcy Regier and the Buffalo Sabres announced that they have extended qualifying offers to all 5 of their restricted free agents.  Steve Bernier, Paul Gaustad, Dan Paille, Mark Mancari and Clarke MacArthur are the players in question.  In case you are wondering what that means:

By extending an offer, Buffalo retains the rights to each player and can match any offer extended to those players by other teams.  Under NHL rules, other teams are allowed to make offers to restricted free agents.  If the Sabres were to refuse to match the offer, they would be entitled to draft picks as compensation.

Shouldn’t be any blockbuster offers for any of these guys this year, so it shouldn’t be a stretch to think all will be back.  I’ll be happier when Goose, Big Bear, The Little General and Key Lime are signed, though.

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