Not even sure where this ranks in terms of idiocy, but the Chicago Blackhawks may have accidentally made Kris Versteeg, Cam Barker, Ben Eager and Troy Brouwer unrestricted free agents through a technical error.
One source said the players involved didn't receive the necessary notification of the offers. The NHL is trying to determine whether the situation was remedied in time. Hawks GM Dale Tallon said the qualifying offers were mailed to the players in time -- on June 29 -- but said because of the July 1 Canadian holiday, some of the players didn't receive them in time.
Additional sources said qualifying offers are not supposed to be mailed. Tallon said fax copies of the offers were sent to the league, so he doesn't anticipate any significant fallout. But sources said some of the offers were not faxed to the agents.
In other words, this could get pretty hilarious. And the Blackhawks could lose a handful of good players over something as easy to do as a fax.
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