There has been a lot of speculation recently that this is the summer we’re finally going to see another offer sheet signed in the NHL. With star players becoming restricted free agents on July 1st and a number of teams in with legitimate salary cap issues, the group of potential targets is bigger than it’s ever been.
Though an offer sheet is a weapon in any GM’s arsenal, there is a stigma associated with one that makes most teams shy away from them. In a league that is stuck in a pattern of old school thinking, offer sheets are generally frowned upon.