Jujhar Khaira #16, Edmonton Oilers (Photo by Codie McLachlan/Getty Images)
It’s a good time now to take a look at all the expiring contracts the Edmonton Oilers need to be dealing with.
Let’s start with the RFA’s – or restricted free agents, for those who don’t know. Restricted free agents are still under team control due to not qualifying for full free agency yet. Maybe they’re not 27, which is the age at which NHL players are allowed to be unrestricted free agents. Maybe they haven’t played enough games yet to qualify.
Restricted free agents have a hard deadline that the Oilers must have tended what’s called a QO – or qualifying offer.