ST. LOUIS – St. Louis Blues Executive Vice President and General Manager Doug Armstrong announced Tuesday that the club has extended qualifying offers to eight players.

The players to receive qualifying offers are: Alex Pietrangelo, Chris Stewart, Jake Allen, Kris Russell, Evgeny Grachev, Philip McRae, Cade Fairchild and Tyler Shattock.

The offers will allow the Blues to retain the negotiating rights for each player when free agency begins on July 5.