LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Kings and President/General Manager Dean Lombardi have announced that qualifying offers have been tendered to the following players:
Sean Avery – Center *
Eric Belanger – Center *
Dustin Brown – Left Wing
Michael Cammalleri – Center *
Mathieu Garon – Goaltender *
Tim Gleason – Defenseman
Tim Jackman – Defenseman
Mike Weaver – Defenseman *
The following players were not tendered qualifying offers, therefore making them unrestricted free agents:
Brad Fast – Defenseman
Adam Hauser – Goaltender
Connor James – Center
In addition, the Kings did not exercise their team contract option on the following player, therefore making him an unrestricted free agent:
Nathan Dempsey – Defenseman
* denotes player is arbitration-eligible