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It´s crunch time in the NHL this week, when some clubs will have to make difficult decisions on high-priced restricted free agents with the spectre of a lockout staring them in the face.
Clubs have until midnight EDT Wednesday to tender qualifying offers to their respective Group 2 free agents, who are players under 31 whose contracts are expiring.
Last year a large number of these players were not qualified as NHL clubs began tightening their purses ahead of this summer´s labour war.
The Anaheim Mighty Ducks made the boldest decision, deciding not to tender a $10-million US qualifying offer to Paul Kariya, therefore making him an unrestricted free agent.
He subsequently bolted for Colorado and never gave the Ducks a chance.
Larry Pleau doesn´t seem inclined to take the same chance with star defenceman Chris Pronger.
Despite the financial concerns of the Blues, the St. Louis general manager will likely qualify Pronger at $9.5 million.
``It´s 99.9 per cent, my intention is to do it,´´ Pleau said.
Colorado GM Pierre Lacroix confirmed at the NHL entry draft over the weekend that the Avalanche had tendered an $11-million qualifying offer to superstar centre Peter Forsberg, although rumours persist he will turn it down and play for his father´s club in Sweden next year.
Jarome Iginla also needs a qualifying offer and Calgary Flames GM Daryl Sutter said he´s already given Iginla the $7-million offer, not bothering to wait for the deadline.
Iginla and agent Don Meehan will likely reject the one-year deal and try to negotiate a longer contract. If that doesn´t work, they have until July 14 to opt for salary arbitration. And what a case Iginla has after his dream-like season.
``We had dinner together this weekend and we´re going to meet again Tuesday and Wednesday,´´ Meehan said of talks with Sutter. ``We both want to be proactive on this and get something done.´´
The thrill of this spring´s magical ride to the Stanley Cup final will be a distant memory if the Flames get embroiled in a contract dispute with their No. 1 player.
``We have three questions we need to answer,´´ Sutter said. ``No. 1, Jarome do you want to play in Calgary? No. 2, can we afford you? And No. 3, when we´re a team that has a chance to win it, are you going to be part of it? And right now I can´t get a straight answer on all three.´´
While the Blues will retain Pronger, they probably won´t give winger Pavol Demitra his $6.5-million qualifying offer, not with Keith Tkachuk ( $9 million) and Doug Weight ( $7 million) already on the books for next season. So expect Demitra to hit the market Thursday as an unrestricted free agent.
Other tough calls around the league on Group 2 free agents: Winger Jeff O´Neill needs a $3.7-million qualifying offer in Carolina, defenceman Roman Hamrlik a $3.6-million qualifier on Long Island, winger Eric Daze $3.2 million in Chicago, winger Adam Deadmarsh ( who missed all of last season with post-concussion syndrome) $3 million in Los Angeles, winger Jeff Friesen $3 million in New Jersey, and winger Anson Carter $2.8 million in Los Angeles.
Those are just the big names, but some 300 of the league´s 750 players need qualifying offers and some won´t get them as NHL clubs get ready for the lockout.
``There will be a couple of Group 2s that we don´t qualify, but I don´t know if they´ll qualify as surprises or not,´´ Nashville Predators GM David Poile said.
But Atlanta Thrashers GM Don Waddell doesn´t think it´s going to be as dramatic as some people think.
``Maybe a few guys at the low end and a few guys at the high end but other than that, I think we´re going to be surprised that there weren´t that many guys let go,´´ he said. ``That´s my guess, I´d be surprised if a lot of players didn´t get qualified.´´
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