Is Rasmus Sandin really a candidate to sign an offer sheet?

Photo by Mark Blinch/NHLI via Getty ImagesEverybody is talking about offer sheets and Rasmus Sandin. Okay, maybe two people are. But it’s that time of the year when everyone decides to fantasize about which players should be “offer-sheeted”. Sandin is an obvious candidate for this game.

Daily Faceoff’s piece makes the point that Sandin’s expected new contract is going to be similar to Timothy Liljegren’s $1.4 million. Both articles suggest that something in the second-round pick compensation tier would be required to get the Leafs to balk and not match the offer. That tier is $2.100473 million to $4.201488 million. The Leafs don’t have a lot of wiggle room for the coming season, so how high…