Preds unlikely to qualify Boyd, Grebeshkov

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I like Boyd, I still don't think he got much of a chance in Calgary, maybe he'll get a second chance. As for Grebeshkov, I think the Canucks might take a flyer on him (since they seem to have missed out on Hamhuis).

Predators general manager David Poile said today he’s yet to make a decision on whether or not to make a qualifying offer to forward Dus*tin Boyd.

Boyd is scheduled to become a restricted free agent on July 1. But if the Predators don’t make him a qualifying offer by June 27, then he would become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Boyd was acquired from Calgary for a fourth-round pick last season, posting five points (three goals, two assists) in 18 games. He made $650,000 last season, and the Preds would have to make him an offer of at least $715,000 to keep his rights.

``To me, it’s a little bit of a factor to who we have signed, what positions we have, what other guys we have in the organization,’’ Poile said. ``So if I have a position for him, we’ll be qualifying him. If I don’t, we won’t.’’

As for defenseman Denis Grebeshkov, Poile said the Predators are unlikely to make him a qualifying offer, which means he will probably become an unrestricted free agent on July 1. Grebeshkov made $3.1 million last season and would have to receive a qualifying offer of at least that amount for next season.

http://blogs.tennessean.com/predators/2010/06/21/preds-undecided-on-dustin-boyd/

 

[h X c Chris]

Whats with all the *

 

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Whats with all the *

Yeah, that was weird, must have been some weird formatting on the web page I copied it from. I have subsequently removed them.

 

[h X c Chris]

I figured maybe they were there so someone couldnt search the post in google