In Quebec, July 1 is synonymous with moving day. In the NHL, it's synonymous with the opening of the free-agent market. Many players go through this process every year. There are unrestricted players, but also restricted players who have not received a qualifying offer from their GM. For the Habs, no fewer than eight players are in this situation, and Kent Hughes has some very important decisions to make before 5pm. Here's the list: <q> - Denis Gurianov - Alex Newhook - Rafaël Harvey-Pinard - Jesse Ylönen - Joël Teasdale - Nicolas Beaudin - Mitchell Stephens - Lucas Condotta</q> Kent Hughes has already mentioned that Denis Gurianov will not receive a qualifying offer, but it's not impossible that the forward will receive an offer later. As for Rafaël Harvey-Pinard and Alex Newhook, it's only a matter of minutes. <blockquote class=twitter-tweet><p lang=en dir=ltr>Happy Qualifying Offer Day!<br><br>Habs RFAs:<br>- Gurianov<br>- Newhook<br>- Harvey-Pinard<br>- Ylönen<br>- Teasdale<br>- Beaudin <br>- Stephens<br>- Condotta<br><br>Deadline is 5pm.- Andrew Zadarnowski (@AZadarski) <a href=https://twitter.com/AZadarski/status/1674757516918489088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw>June 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async src=https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js charset=utf-8>