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Understanding the Off-Season: Restricted Free Agency

The NHL off-season can be a long and boring process. While not as publicized as the other three major sports, the NHL off-season still brings about a lot of intrigue. Ahead of free agency starting FFH....okay just me, will give you a free agency refresher and once we get closer to the start of Free Agency, we will fill you in on where the Arizona Coyotes stand. For this first edition, we are going to look at the RFA aka Restricted Free Agency.

So let us start with how a player becomes listed as a Restricted Free Agent.