“Could the New Jersey Devils Shake Up the NHL with Bold Offer Sheets This Offseason?”
The salary cap his projected to go to $95.5 million next year, then $104 million and then $113.5 million.
Walsh added that it’s not a great unrestricted free agent market.
“And would you rather devote $6, $7, $8 million to a 31-year-old where you have to attach term to that deal? Or would you rather throw that money at a 23- or 24-year-old and have a guy that, if you’re successful, you’re getting him for the prime of his career? That’s what will drive (the increase in offer sheets).”
There is a large group of RFAs that offer sheet eligible, which includes the likes of Marco Rossi (Wild), Matthew Knies (Maple Leafs), Evan Bouchard (Oilers), K’Andre Miller (Rangers), Will Cuylle (Rangers), Noah Dobson (Islanders), Alexander Romanov (Islanders), JJ Peterka (Sabres) and Bowen Byram (Sabres).
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