Morgan Barron Profile

[coz]

The qualifying offer is not real money. It's way of retaining RFA rights.

The current team must extend a "qualifying offer" to a restricted free agent to retain negotiating rights to that player. Qualifying offers are for one year contracts. The minimum salary for the qualifying offer depends on the player's prior year salary.

Wilcox is currently making 95k this year and 125k next year.He, like some established AHL guys will make more than a typical 2-way deal.


As for Barron I think he can walk into Hartford's top-6 pretty easily, which is an indictment of their forwards but also how good I think he can be immediately.

The main thing in terms of development that the Rangers really look for is being dominant at the level you're playing at. I think Barron is getting there but isn't there yet plus a potential leadership role is something the Rangers would probably find beneficial for both them and Barron.

[Trotsky]

The qualifying offer is not real money. It's way of retaining RFA rights.

The current team must extend a "qualifying offer" to a restricted free agent to retain negotiating rights to that player. Qualifying offers are for one year contracts. The minimum salary for the qualifying offer depends on the player's prior year salary.

Wilcox is currently making 95k this year and 125k next year.He, like some established AHL guys will make more than a typical 2-way deal.


As for Barron I think he can walk into Hartford's top-6 pretty easily, which is an indictment of their forwards but also how good I think he can be immediately.

The main thing in terms of development that the Rangers really look for is being dominant at the level you're playing at. I think Barron is getting there but isn't there yet plus a potential leadership role is something the Rangers would probably find beneficial for both them and Barron.

Thanks.  What does the 700k number mean, then?  Why not $7B?  Or 70 cents?

[coz]

Thanks.  What does the 700k number mean, then?  Why not $7B?  Or 70 cents?

From Wikipedia: "Players who earned less than $660,000 in the previous season must be offered 110 percent of last season's salary. Players making up to $1 million must be offered 105 percent. Players making over $1 million must be offered 100 percent."

AFAIK it's based on the NHL salary number and then the AHL salary is negotiated separately on 2-way deals. Probably so a guy isn't losing money before they get to the veterans minimum. Wilcox was on a minimum ELC and I think 700k is the standard QO for those guys. He obviously took less than the QO but I could see him doing that to get a better AHL deal.