Six Offer-Sheet Targets NHL GMs Will Actually Circle

The offer-sheet game is still one of the league’s favorite back-alley tools, even if most teams treat it like a cross-check from the sky and pretend it never happened. This story zeroes in on six realistic candidates who could tempt an aggressive GM looking to shake up the market without waiting around for a trade market that moves at a glacial pace. The names matter because the right target can force cap-strapped clubs into a bad math problem, and the wrong one just burns money and pride.