The Ducks issues qualifying offers to defenseman Hampus Lindholm and center Rickard Rakell on Monday, making sure they retained their rights as they negotiate new contracts with the two key players.

Lindholm and Rakell will almost certainly not sign their qualifying offers as they’re seeking new deals as restricted free agents. The two do not have arbitration rights and Ducks general manager Bob Murray did not sound concerned about the ability to sign them, saying previously that talks could continue into August and September before training camp.

Teams had to tender their qualifying offers by 2 p.m. on Monday.

It is possible that another NHL team could tender an offer sheet on either Lindholm or Rakell but they’d be doing so with some risk. Even though they typically not spend to the salary cap, the Ducks still have more than $15 million available according to generalfanager.com and could easily match it.

Very few offer sheets are tendered and most are matched by the team holding that player’s rights. And if a team does not match, the team signing that player would have to fork over a draft pick or two – either a second-round selection or a first – and a third-round pick if the player’s new average annual salary is either below or above $3,755,233.

Lindholm and Rakell are coming off their entry-level deals and will get significant raises. How significant and for how long will be the question this summer as Murray works with their agents. Two-year bridge deals could be settled on if the sides can’t get together and hammer out longer-term extensions.

If another GM were to offer sheet either Lindholm or Rakell, they would essentially be doing Murray’s work for him. Meanwhile, the Ducks opted not to qualify winger Brandon Pirri after getting him from Florida on Feb. 29.

Pirri, 25, had three goals and two assists in nine games before suffering a concussion in a April 1 game against Vancouver. It now appears to be his final game with the Ducks as he’ll become an unrestricted free agent that can sign with any team.

Pirri is arbitration eligible and with 14 combined goals with the Ducks and Panthers last season, he could get a bump up from his $975,000 salary and the Ducks appear to want that slot open for a cheaper, more multi-dimensional forward.

Four other players did not get offers from the Ducks – forwards Matt Bailey and Charlie Sarault and defensemen Kevin Gagne and Martin Gernat.

The team also qualified winger Stefan Noesen, who’s played for the Ducks’ American Hockey League affiliate the last two seasons. Noesen, 23, had 10 goals and 22 assists for the San Diego Gulls in 2015-16. He’ll at least get a five-percent raise over his $832,500 NHL salary but should likely sign another two-way deal.

The Ducks did re-sign forward Corey Tropp to a two-year contract extension and goalie Dustin Tokarski to a one-year deal. Both are two-way deals with Tropp making $600,000 and $650,000 if he is in the NHL and $250,000 each year if he’s in the AHL and Tokarski making $600,000 if he’s with the Ducks and $300,000 if he’s with the Gulls.

Tropp and Tokarski were both acquired during last season. Tropp, 26, had five goals and six assists in 15 games for San Diego after the Ducks got him from Columbus. Tokarski, 26, played in only four games with the Gulls after getting hurt.

Murray confirmed that the coaching staff will remain intact under new coach Randy Carlyle as assistants Paul MacLean, Trent Yawney and Rich Preston are all returning.