In the upcoming off-season, Carolina has a lot of their younger players coming up for contract renewal as restricted free agents or RFA’s. For those that do not know, a restricted free agent is someone under the age of 27 that has also not played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League. If they are unsigned past the opening of free agency, Carolina will still hold their rights but they are eligible to be offer-sheeted.
It is very rare that we see a player offer-sheeted. In fact, the last two players to receive one are now both on the Hurricanes roster, so it’s an uncommon occurrence to happen in this day and age.