Dallas Stars announced qualifying offers for pending RFAs

The Dallas Stars have extended qualifying offers to six players, while five players have not been qualified and will become unrestricted free agents on July 1.

Radek Faksa, Patrik Nemeth, Jamie Oleksiak, Brett Ritchie, and Gemel Smith have all been qualified and will likely sign with Dallas this summer. Matej Stransky was also qualified, but the Czech winger has a deal already in the KHL and it looks like his time in North America has come to an end.

Mattias Backman, Nick Ebert, Justin Hache, Henri Kiviaho, and Maxime Lagace were not qualified.

Backman is heading back to play in Sweden next season, while Ebert and Hache could be candidates for AHL contracts with the Texas Stars.

At this time the Stars don’t have plans to sign goalies Kiviaho or Lagace.

Here is the official release:

FRISCO, Texas – Dallas Stars General Manager Jim Nill announced today that the club has issued qualifying offers for the following players, thus retaining their negotiating rights:

PLAYER – POSITION
Radek Faksa – C
Patrik Nemeth – D
Jamie Oleksiak – D
Brett Ritchie – RW
Gemel Smith – C
Matej Stransky – RW

The following players were not issued qualifying offers and will become unrestricted free agents on July 1:

PLAYER – POSITION
Mattias Backman – D
Nick Ebert – D
Justin Hache – D
Henri Kiviaho – G
Maxime Lagace – G