The Colorado Avalanche retained the rights of former No. 1 overall pick Nathan MacKinnon by giving him a qualifying offer Monday, and general manager Joe Sakic assured that the Calder Trophy winner "isn't going anywhere."

Though a new deal is expected, the potential contract length of a new deal is "up in the air," Sakic told Mike Chambers of the Denver Post, adding that he has already met with MacKinnon's representatives.

If the two parties opt for a shorter "bridge" contract, the Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia native would become a restricted free agent once again at the end of his next contract.

MacKinnon bounced back following a difficult sophomore campaign with 21 goals and 31 assists in 72 games this past season. He recorded 63 points in his rookie season.

Other restricted free agents to receive qualifying offers from the Avalanche on Monday included defenseman Tyson Barrie, goaltender Calvin Pickard, and forward Mikhail Grigorenko.

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20-goal scorers aren't always easy to come by, and the Anaheim Ducks may be letting one go for nothing.

Brandon Pirri was among five restricted free agents who did not receive qualifying offers from the Ducks on Monday. The 25-year-old recorded five points in nine games after being acquired for a sixth-round pick from the Florida Panthers in February.

The young forward had 22 goals and just two assists during the 2014-15 season with Florida, and followed that up with a 14-goal, 15-assist campaign between the Panthers and Ducks this season.

Pirri's qualifying offer would have cost the Ducks $975,000.

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The Boston Bruins have chose not to issue qualifying offers to forwards Brett Connolly, Landon Ferraro, and Ben Sexton on Monday, making all three players unrestricted free agents on July 1, the team announced.

General manager Don Sweeney says the team has not ruled out signing any of the three forwards, according to Fluto Shinzawa of the Boston Globe.

Connolly leaves after recording 25 points in 71 games in his only full season with the Bruins. He was acquired in a 2015 trade-deadline deal with the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for a pair of second-round draft picks. He made $1.025 million last season.

Meanwhile, Ferraro was claimed on waivers in November, and suited up in 55 games for the Bruins, recording 10 points. His salary last year was just $600,000.

Sexton, 25, has never played an NHL game. He has 19 career points in 73 career AHL games over the past three seasons.

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After acquiring him in a mid-season trade, the Vancouver Canucks have signed forward Emerson Etem to a one-year, one-way contract, general manager Jim Benning announced Monday.

The deal is worth $775,000.

"Emerson is a hardworking 24-year-old who supports our plan to build a young, fast, high-character team," said Benning. "His speed will help us compete next year and he is a good role model for our first and second year players because of the work ethic and professionalism he brings every single day."

Etem finished last season with 15 points in 58 games split between the Canucks and the New York Rangers, with the majority of his production coming in Vancouver.

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Former No. 1 overall pick Eric Lindros was finally announced as a Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Monday, and the 43-year-old took time with reporters to discuss a controversial part of his past - his refusal to play for the team that drafted him in 1991, the Quebec Nordiques.

"It was not about a city, it was about an owner," Lindros said, according to Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports.

The former owner he is referring to is Marcel Aubut - who recently resigned as president of the Canadian Olympic Committee as a result of a sexual harassment scandal.

After Lindros refused to play for the Nordiques, he spent another year with the OHL's Oshawa Generals and represented Canada at the 1992 Winter Olympics, where he recorded 11 points on the silver medal-winning squad.

The following year he was dealt to the Philadelphia Flyers in exchange for Peter Forsberg, Mike Ricci, Ron Hextall, Steve Duchesne, Kerry Huffman, a first-round pick and $15 million.

While Lindros never won a Stanley Cup, Forsberg, and Ricci were among the Nordiques who relocated to Colorado and won a Stanley Cup in 1996. Forsberg would win a second championship with the Avalanche five years later.

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The Ottawa Senators will make defenseman Patrick Wiercioch a free agent, declining to present him with a qualifying offer Monday.

The Senators had to extend a $2.7-million qualifying offer to retain Wiercioch's rights, which, even at the minimum, would have been difficult to swallow with Cody Ceci up for a new contract, and a lot of money tied up in Erik Karlsson, Dion Phaneuf, and Marc Methot.

Wiercioch closed his 2014-15 season on a high, earning an invitation from Canada for the World Championship, but wasn't able to carry that momentum into his fifth professional season last year.

He finished with five assists in 52 games, taking bottom-pairing minutes.

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The Arizona Coyotes have locked up restricted free-agent goaltender Louis Domingue to a multi-year contract, the team announced Monday.

"We are very pleased to sign Louis to a multi-year contract," said general manager John Chayka. "Louis had a breakthrough season last year and we are confident that he and Mike (Smith) will form a great tandem for us."

Terms of the contract were not disclosed, but Domingue himself took to Instagram to announce the term - a two-year deal.

The 24-year-old won the NHL's Rookie of the Month in January after posting a 6-3-2 record, while replacing the injured Smith. He finished the season with a 15-8-5 record with a 2.75 goals-against average and a .912 save percentage.

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Eric Lindros, Sergei Makarov, Rogie Vachon, and Pat Quinn are the Hockey Hall of Fame inductees for 2016.

The quintessential power forward, Lindros was one of the most dominant forces in the NHL over the last quarter century. He produced well over a point per game at the height of his career, and remains one of the most efficient scorers in league history despite his performance being undermined by injury in the final third of his career. He retired with 372 goals and 865 points in 760 games.

A three-time Soviet MVP, nine-time scoring champion, two-time Olympic gold medal winner, Canada Cup winner, and eight-time world champion, Makarov is one of the most decorated Russian players ever. He scored 86 points in his Calder Trophy season as a 31-year-old rookie in the NHL, and went on to collect 384 points in 424 NHL games.

The fifth-winningest netminder at the time of his retirement with 355 wins, Vachon was one of the game's greatest goaltenders still waiting for the call. He's a Stanley Cup champion, Vezina winner, and has his number retired with the Los Angeles Kings.

Finally, a legendary coach and character in Quinn will enter the Hall of Fame posthumously in the builder category. He ranks seventh in NHL wins with 684, and led Canada to gold medals at the Olympics and World Junior Championship.

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The Ottawa Senators have dealt forward Alex Chiasson to the Calgary Flames for defensive farmhand Patrick Sieloff, the teams announced Monday.

Chiasson - who was expected to be traded during the NHL draft - heads to Calgary after a disappointing second season with the Senators, where he recorded just eight goals and six assists in 77 games.

A pending restricted free agent, the 25-year-old also reportedly signed a one-year contract with the Flames worth $800,000 after making $1.2 million last season, according to Sportsnet's Chris Johnston.

He will be reunited with head coach Greg Gulutzan, who coached Chiasson during the forward's first NHL season with the Dallas Stars in 2012-13.

Sieloff, a 2012 second-round pick, scored a goal in his NHL debut last season with the Flames. The 6-foot-1 blue-liner spent the rest of the season with the AHL's Stockton Heat, recording 11 points in 52 games.

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Justin Schultz has been made available on the open market.

Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Jim Rutherford has declined to extend the $3.9-million qualifying offer required to protect Schultz's rights, making the puck-moving defenseman an unrestricted free agent July 1.

The Penguins could still retain Schultz at a more suitable price on the open market, but will have to compete with other teams and offers.

Schultz, 25, was acquired from the Edmonton Oilers for a third-round pick before the trade deadline. He appeared in 15 postseason games, including all six in the Stanley Cup Final.

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