NHL teams have to determine whether to issue qualifying offers to their restricted free agents this afternoon. Most NHL teams reveal who they’ve qualified and who they’re going to let walk as unrestricted free agents, but the Red Wings tend not to show their cards.
As a result, I took a look at PuckPedia, and, in addition to now only needing to qualify and then re-sign Elmer Soderblom at the NHL level, the Wings will have to determine whether to qualify Grand Rapids Griffins forward Cross Hanas and goaltender Gage Alexander, who doesn’t seem to have a spot in the organization right now.
The team is very unlikely to qualify Eemil Viro as the diminutive Finn left North America to play in Sweden.
