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The pros and cons of pursuing restricted free agents

Jun 18, 2015

Craig CustanceESPN Senior Writer
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- Senior NHL writer for ESPN The Magazine
- Wrote for Atlanta Journal-Constitution
- Wrote for The Sporting News
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Offer sheets happen so infrequently in the NHL that even the mere consideration of one becomes an interesting story.