The Benefits and Challenges for the New Jersey Devils Giving Out an Offer Sheet

Brayden Point is an impending RFA. He could be worth an offer sheet - if it one happens.Consider the offer sheet. A common lament from hockey media that teams do not use offer sheets. The complaining that teams don’t do it is right up there with the complaining about playoff seeding and the draft lottery in terms of NHL things that grinds their respective gears. It is rarely done for a variety of reasons. However, there is renewed hope that this offseason may be the first in a while where a team actually uses one. The 2019 offseason has some top-tier players about to become RFAs and those players are on teams who have a lot of cap space already commited next season. And the New Jersey Devils are in an unique position where this could be a viable tactic. Will they use it? Let’s consider the situation.

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