The Buffalo Sabres announced today that they’ve tendered qualifying offers to five players, who are all restricted free agents as of July 1.

The five players tendered an offer were:

Steve Bernier (RW)
Paul Gaustad (C)
Clarke MacArthur (LW)
Mark Mancari (F)
Daniel Paille (LW)

Mancari is currently the only one slated for Portland.

Because each player was tendered a qualifying offer, Buffalo will retain the rights to each player and can match any offer made by another team. Under NHL rules, if another team makes an offer to a player and the Sabres refused to match, they would be entitled to draft picks as compensation.