2023-06-30 21:29:57
Forward Maxime Comtois and defender Simon Benoît will not extend their stay under the hot California sun next season. The Anaheim Ducks announced Friday that they will not submit qualifying offers to these two skaters.
This means that they will become restricted free agents on July 1st.
Comtois scored nine goals and 10 assists for 19 points in 64 games last season, while posting a -20 differential. After amassing 33 points in 55 contests in 2020-21, he hasn’t been able to maintain that pace.
The Ducks’ 2017 second-round pick just completed a two-year, $4.075 million contract.
As for Simon Benoit, he spent the entire 2022-2023 season in a Ducks uniform, collecting 10 points, including three goals.
Never drafted, the Laval native signed a contract as a free agent with the California team in March 2019.
Unsurprisingly, Anaheim offered a qualifying offer to forwards Troy Terry and Trevor Zegras as well as defenseman Jamie Drysdale.
Quebecer Benoît-Olivier Groulx and goalkeeper Lukas Dostal also received a qualifying offer from the organization.
Same fate for Sprong and Poehling
Comtois is far from the only one to have suffered this disavowal from his team, while several other NHL teams made the same type of announcement at the start of the evening.
Thus, the Seattle Kraken did not make an offer to forwards Morgan Geekie and Daniel Sprong, even though the latter scored 21 goals last season. Acquired in the trade sending Jeff Petry to Pittsburgh, former Canadiens first choice Ryan Poehling did not receive an offer of the Penguins and will be a free agent tomorrow too. Another former CH, Victor Mete, suffered the same fate from the Maple Leafs.
The Kraken attempted to trade Morgan Geekie in the draft but were unsuccessful. He did not receive his qualifying offer and is now an unrestricted free agent, like Daniel Sprong. @TVASports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 30, 2023
Having not played since 2022 due to injury, former second overall pick Nolan Patrick did not receive of qualifying offer from the Golden Knights either. The Sabers, for their part, release former first-round pick Tyson Jost and former Canadiens defenseman Kale Clague, among others. The Sharks have not made an offer for goaltender MacKenzie Blackwood, but would nevertheless intend to come to an agreement with him.
See other announcements below:
The #Canes have extended a qualifying offer to defenseman Dylan Coghlan.
The team will not be offering QOs to Jesse Puljujarvi, Dominik Bokk, or Stelio Mattheos. Those three players will become unrestricted free agents. pic.twitter.com/71h70JXYIZ
— Walt Ruff (@WaltRuff) June 30, 2023
#SJSharks issue qualifying offers to Martin Kaut and Fabian Zetterlund.https://t.co/r5XvvDnYih
—San Jose Sharks (@SanJoseSharks) June 30, 2023
Victor Mete did not receive a qualifying offer from @MapleLeafs and becomes an unrestricted free agent. @TVASports
— Renaud Lavoie (@renlavoietva) June 30, 2023
We have announced tendered and non-tendered qualifying offers.
Full details: https://t.co/dnG6hzsuD7
— New Jersey Devils (@NJDevils) June 30, 2023
The Predators have issued qualifying offers to restricted free agents Cody Glass and Alexandre Carrier.
— Nashville Predators (@PredsNHL) June 30, 2023
We have extended qualifying offers to Brett Murray and Linus Weissbach.
Details: pic.twitter.com/b75QLUZSHa
— Buffalo Sabres (@BuffaloSabres) June 30, 2023
NEWS: Dostal, Drysdale, Groulx, Terry and Zegras have all received qualifying offers. https://t.co/xiBDp4ehu0
— Anaheim Ducks (@AnaheimDucks) June 30, 2023
The #mnwild has made qualifying offers to defenseman Calen Addison, forward Brandon Duhaime and goaltender Filip Gustavsson. The Wild did not make qualifying offers to forwards Damien Giroux, Mason Shaw and Sam Steel.https://t.co/ufYLlsqoaA
— Minnesota Wild PR (@mnwildPR) June 30, 2023
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