The Best Landing Spots for 6 NHL Restricted Free Agents

Bruce Bennett/Getty ImagesGo ahead, we dare you.

Imagine yourself as an NHL general manager in charge of a team looking to make a big splash on an impact player, but perhaps not in the manner everyone expects.

Instead of standing alongside everyone else on July 1 and taking turns wooing the big-ticket unrestricted free agents, you take a gunslinger's stand and march right onto enemy turf.

Your quarry of choice? The restricted free agent.

A quick scan of the league indicates a plethora of talent could be available via nontraditional means like the offer sheet, a bold move that allows talent-seeking teams to toss out contract terms that the original teams must meet or lose a player in question.

Or…