Ever since the NHL formulated the new offer sheet compensation following the most recent lockout, they’ve rarely been used. For an impact player that courts more than $10.1 million on the open market, it’d cost the signing team four first-round picks. With such a daunting price, teams don’t make offers to restricted free agents.
With the New York Rangers in year two of a rebuild, some have assumed that the team would be aggressive this offseason. In addition to several major unrestricted free agents like Artemi Panarin, Erik Karlsson and Matt Duchene there are also two elite restricted free agents in Brayden Point and Mitch Marner.