The St. Louis Blues announced qualifying offers to nine restricted free agents. Players that received qualifying offers are forwards Ivan Barbashev, Sammy Blais, Robby Fabbri, Zach Sanford, and Oskar Sundqvist, defensemen Joel Edmundson, and Mitch Reinke and goaltenders Jordan Binnington and Ville Husso. By extending qualifying offers, thte Blues will retain player contract negotiation rights when free agency opens on July 1st. Players that do not receive qualifying offers would become unrestricted free agents.