Who could get an offer sheet? The 50 most desirable RFAs

Will we see an offer sheet handed out this summer? Given how meagre the pickings are, in some respects, among the unrestricted free agent class, I don't think it's out of the question more GMs follow Kevin Lowe in attempting to pry restricted free agents away from their teams.

In general, the benefit of signing RFAs is their age, as you can acquire players as young as 21. This summer, there isn't a notable RFA older than 25.

If players don't accept a qualifying offer (which must be made by June 25 for teams to retain RFA rights) and aren't going to arbitration, teams can begin negotiating offer sheets with them on June 26. They can be signed on July 1.

Here's my list of the top 50 available RFAs:

	Player	Age	Team	Pos	07/08 cap hit	GP	GAA	Sv%
1	Fleury, Marc-Andre	22	PIT	G	$1.295	35	2.33	0.921
2	Leclaire, Pascal	24	CLB	G	$1.050	54	2.25	0.919
3	Lehtonen, Kari	23	ATL	G	$1.850	48	2.90	0.916
4	Hiller, Jonas	25	ANA	G	$3.200	23	2.06	0.927
5	Halak, Jaroslav	22	MTL	G	$0.492	6	2.11	0.934

With the UFA goalie market so thin this summer — Cristobal Huet, Dan Ellis and Jose Theodore are the names out there, but all could be re-signed by their teams — someone could take a chance on one of these five young goaltenders if they aren't headed to arbitration.

	Player	Age	Team	Pos	07/08 cap hit	GP	Pts
1	Green, Mike	21	WAS	D	$0.833	82	56
2	Bouwmeester, Jay	23	FLA	D	$2.175	82	37
3	Weber, Shea	21	NAS	D	$0.610	54	20
4	Meszaros, Andrej	21	OTT	D	$0.984	82	36
5	Pitkanen, Joni	23	EDM	D	$2.400	63	26
6	Ehrhoff, Christian	24	SJS	D	$0.850	77	22
7	Suter, Ryan	22	NAS	D	$0.785	76	31
8	Wideman, Dennis	24	BOS	D	$0.600	81	36
9	Jones, Randy	25	PHI	D	$0.525	71	31
10	Morrisonn, Shaone	24	WAS	D	$0.900	76	10
11	Gleason, Tim	24	CAR	D	$1.175	80	19
12	Foster, Kurtis	25	MIN	D	$1.025	56	19
13	Seidenberg, Dennis	25	CAR	D	$0.800	47	15
14	Gorges, Josh	22	MTL	D	$0.495	62	9
15	Stuart, Mark	23	BOS	D	$1.580	82	8

Green, Bouwmeester and Weber are all expected to command mammoth deals this off-season, and if negotiations break down, they may choose to go the offer sheet route.

Given the age of these blueliners, they're all going to be in demand.

	Player	Age	Team	Pos	07/08 cap hit	GP	Pts
1	Perry, Corey	22	ANA	F	$0.621	70	54
2	Bouchard, Pierre-Marc	23	MIN	F	$2.600	81	63
3	Kostitsyn, Andrei	22	MTL	F	$0.785	78	53
4	Carter, Jeff	22	PHI	F	$0.942	82	53
5	Umberger, R.J.	25	PHI	F	$1.150	74	50
6	O‘Sullivan, Patrick	22	LAK	F	$0.851	82	53
7	Wolski, Wojtek	21	COL	F	$0.943	77	48
8	Pavelski, Joe	22	SJS	F	$0.850	82	40
9	Filppula, Valtteri	23	DET	F	$0.733	78	36
10	Clowe, Ryane	24	SJS	F	$0.542	15	8
11	Vermette, Antoine	24	OTT	F	$1.000	81	53
12	Svatos, Marek	25	COL	F	$1.200	62	37
13	Laich, Brooks	24	WAS	F	$0.725	82	37
14	Gaustad, Paul	25	BUF	F	$0.713	82	36
15	Stoll, Jarret	25	EDM	F	$2.200	81	36
16	Bernier, Steve	22	BUF	F	$1.183	76	32
17	Dawes, Nigel	22	NYR	F	$0.496	61	29
18	Olesz, Rostislav	21	FLA	F	$0.984	56	26
19	MacArthur, Clarke	22	BUF	F	$0.693	37	15
20	Ladd, Andrew	21	CHI	F	$1.834	63	30
21	Backes, David	23	STL	F	$0.887	72	31
22	Carcillo, Daniel	22	PHX	F	$0.677	57	24
23	Paille, Dan	23	BUF	F	$0.585	77	35
24	Ruutu, Tuomo	24	CAR	F	$1.875	77	32
25	Eriksson, Loui	21	DAL	F	$0.725	69	31
26	Stajan, Matt	23	TOR	F	$0.875	82	33
27	Bourque, Rene	25	CHI	F	$0.825	62	24
28	Larose, Chad	25	CAR	F	$0.475	58	23
29	Clarkson, David	23	NJD	F	$0.800	81	22
30	Sjostrom, Fredrik	24	NYR	F	$0.775	69	21

Less high-end talent here, although someone such as Kostitsyn or Filppula could be heavily sought after, even in an offer sheet situation.
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