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NHL Insider Reveals Two Key Players that Teams Could Offer Sheet This Summer


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Daniel Lucente
March 24, 2025  (11:46)
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There are going to be some good restricted free agents this summer in the NHL, and NHL insider Chris Johnston revealed two players that teams could target.

The St. Louis Blues made headlines during last summer's off-season by poaching Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg from the Edmonton Oilers on offer sheets, one of the NHL's greatest surprises.
With the salary cap expected to increase from $88 million this season to $95.5 million in 2025-26, teams will gain significant cap space and will be more inclined to follow the Blues' lead and pursue high-profile RFAs this off-season.
Chris Johnston of 'The Athletic' thinks that the most susceptible players to offer sheets are mid-ranked or up-and-coming talents as champions will rarely overpay them. He mentioned the Holloway and Broberg signings as worst-case examples.
The cap limits of the Oilers were reached last summer. Having already spent to re-sign Adam Henrique, Mattias Janmark, and Corey Perry, and signing Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner, they could not afford to match the Blues' offers for Holloway and Broberg. Both are now part of St. Louis' ascent up the standings.

Mavrik Bourque and Mackie Samoskevich are two top offer sheet candidates

Johnston named Dallas Stars center Mavrik Bourque and Florida Panthers winger Mackie Samoskevich as potential offer-sheet targets this summer for many teams.
"Dallas Stars center Mavrik Bourque and Florida Panthers left winger Mackie Samoskevich are possible offer-sheet targets."

- Chris Johnston

They are both top-prospect young forwards on the brink of hitting the end of their entry-level contracts.
Dallas would be aiming to have around $5.33 million of cap space available in the next year with the likes of star pending free agent Jamie Benn, Mikael Granlund, and Matt Duchene to re-sign or replace.
Florida would also have $19 million at their disposal but can choose to re-sign core UFAs Sam Bennett and Aaron Ekblad.
It is going to be a very interesting summer in terms of offer sheets, as the salary cap goes up significantly.
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