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CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have made qualifying offers to six of their restricted free agents. Defencemen Chad Billins and Mark Cundari, centres Lance Bouma and Joe Colborne, right-winger Ben Hanowski and goaltender Joni Ortio were extended qualifying offers, according to a release on the Flames website. Centre Paul Byron, left-winger T.J. Galiardi, right-winger David Eddy, defenceman James Martin and goalie Olivier Roy were not given offers. Teams give qualifying offers in order to retain negotiating rights with the player. Bouma produced five goals and 10 assists in 78 games for the Flames. Colborne posted 10 goals and 18 assists in 80 games for Calgary. Billins led Calgarys American Hockey League team in scoring by a defenceman with 10 goals and 31 assists. Cundari, who was acquired in a deal that sent Jay Bouwmeester to St. Louis last year, had nine goals and 14 assists in 56 AHL games. The Flames acquired Hanowski last year in the deal that send captain Jarome Iginla to Pittsburgh. Hanowski compiled 13 goals and 18 assists in 55 AHL games. Ortios record was 4-4 for the Flames and 27-8-2 in the AHL. Also, the Flames put defenceman Shane OBrien on unconditional waivers in order to buy out his contract. OBrien split the past season between the Flames and their American Hockey League affiliate. He had three assists in 45 games and was minus-8 in 45 games for Calgary. OBriens NHL salary next season would be $2.2 million. The Flames acquired the 30-year-old from Port Hope, Ont., just over a year ago in a deal that sent forward Alex Tanguay and defenceman Cory Sarich to Colorado for OBrien and right-winger David Jones. Mehdi Benatia Jersey . Lowry and the Raptors officially announced a four-year US$48 million dollar deal Thursday. The deal was reported last week but couldnt be made official until Thursday, when the moratorium on signings was lifted. "They were real factors. I did my homework. Arturo Vidal Bayern Munich Jersey . MLB executive Joe Torre ruled on Tuesday nights game at Wrigley Field that was called after 4 1-2 innings. The Cubs were declared the winners by a 2-0 score. Now, it is instead a suspended game that will resume at 4:05 p. http://www.soccerfcbayernshop.com/kids-thomas-muller-bayern-munich-jersey/ . -- Orleans Darkwa ran in from 1 yard with 1:45 left, and the Miami Dolphins rallied from two scores down in the final minutes to beat the Dallas Cowboys 25-20 on Saturday night. Mats Hummels Bayern Munich Jersey . DeGrom outpitched Jake Peavy in a tantalizing hitless duel that carried into the seventh inning Saturday night before the New York Mets broke loose and beat the San Francisco Giants 4-2. Jerome Boateng Bayern Munich Jersey . Neither side would publicly confirm or deny any discussions were taking place, until the near unexpected happened. On Saturday night sources confirmed to TSN, the league and players agreed to terms on a new, tentative CBA, pending ratification by the unions players. A league source confirmed the CFLs board of governors must also ratify any potential agreement.Melbourne, Australia (SportsNetwork.com) - Defending champion Stan Wawrinka withstood a tough match against Guillermo Garcia-Lopez on Monday and advanced to the quarterfinals of the Australian Open. The fourth-seeded Wawrinka pulled out a 7-6 (7-2), 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (10-8) victory and will next face the winner of the Kei Nishikori-David Ferrer match. Garcia-Lopez, who ousted Wawrinka in the first round at last years French Open, won the first five points of the fourth-set tiebreak and had five chances to force a fifth set.dddddddddddd. Wawrinka, though, saved them all and survived to keep his hopes of defending his title alive. Top-seeded and four-time Aussie champion Novak Djokovic will try to reach his 23rd consecutive Grand Slam quarterfinal when he takes on Gilles Muller late Monday night. Eighth-seeded Milos Raonic and No. 12 Feliciano Lopez will play in Mondays other fourth-round match. ' ' '