The Bruins kept four of their seven restricted free agents in the fold on Monday, issuing qualifying offers to Luke Cavallin, Riley Duran, Ivan Ivan, and Matt Poitras.
That leaves Jordan Harris, Alexis Gendron, and Max Wanner without offers, and all three are set to become unrestricted free agents on Wednesday, July 1.
Ivan’s inclusion was hardly a surprise. Don Sweeney had already said after the Fabian Lysell deal that Ivan would be getting an offer, and the Bruins were able to lock in the 23-year-old after Lysell was sent to Colorado three days later. Sweeney had not been willing to tip his hand before the draft, and he declined to comment specifically on Lysell at the time.
Poitras also got the qualifying offer after a season that bounced him between Boston and Providence. He spent most of 2025-26 in the AHL, then came up in February and scored in the Stadium Series in Tampa.
He finished his season in Providence with 20 points in his final 30 regular-season games, posting a 5-15-20 line, and added four points in four playoff games. In 69 NHL games, Poitras has 27 points, including seven goals and 20 assists.
Cavallin was the lone goalie on the list. He split the season between Providence and Maine, going 6-2-0 with Providence and 18-10-3 with Maine.
He also put together a 5-3-2 playoff run with a 2.02 GAA for the Mariners. Before signing a one-year entry-level deal with Boston, he earned 2025 Kelly Cup MVP honors with the Trois-Rivières Lions.
Duran, a Woburn, Massachusetts native, turned in 19 points for Providence this past season, finishing with seven goals and 12 assists.
Harris, meanwhile, is headed back to the open market after the only other RFA to see NHL action this season. A right ankle fracture limited him to eight games, and even after returning, he couldn’t force his way into the lineup. The 25-year-old Haverhill native has 172 career NHL games under his belt with the Canadiens, Blue Jackets, and Bruins.
The two other players who didn’t receive qualifying offers came to Boston via trades. Gendron arrived in March in a minor-league swap with the Flyers, while Wanner was part of the Trent Frederic trade.
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