The Florida Panthers announced that the club has extended qualifying offers to the following players: forward Anthony Greco, forward Jayce Hawryluk , forward Dryden Hunt, forward Juho Lammikko , forward Denis Malgin , forward Maxim Mamin, defenseman Ian McCoshen, goaltender Sam Montembeault, defenseman Thomas Schemitsch and defenseman MacKenzie Weegar.
Not receiving a qualifying offer were forwards Henrik Haapala and Vincent Praplan and defensemen Michael Downing and Ludwig Bystrom. These players will be free to sign with other teams on July 1.
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