Penguins Extend Qualifying Offers to Seven Players

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The Pittsburgh Penguins have extended qualifying offers to seven restricted free agents, it was announced today by President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Kyle Dubas.

Below is a list of the players that have received qualifying offers:

Forwards
Egor Chinakhov
David Gustafsson
Ville Koivunen
Hendrix Lapierre

Defenseman
Alex Alexeyev

Goaltenders
Joel Blomqvist
Arturs Silovs

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