CapSheet NHL
A daily NHL restricted-free-agent tracker that turns offer sheets, arbitration filings, and qualifying offers into a sortable dashboard with cap-hit impact and what-it-means-for-fans explainers.
Dedicated NHL fans who follow offseason roster moves closely
- Live RFA offer sheet feed with counter-team cap-space math
- Plain-English explainers: 'what an offer sheet actually means for your team's cap'
- Push notifications the moment any NHL team files an offer sheet (rare events matter most)
- Team-by-team cap-deadline calendar from July 1 through arbitration hearings
The Hayton offer-sheet story shows how rare and confusing RFA moves are - the NHL just had 15 arbitration filings and offer-sheet buzz in one week, and there is no consumer tracker for it.
Hayton offer sheet drew heavy coverage and a 17-page HFBoards thread plus dedicated articles on TSN, MSN, HockeyFeed, ClutchPoints — real engaged fanbase, but interest is concentrated in a 3-4 week RFA window each summer and offer sheets themselves are rare events.Confirmed Offer Sheet: NJD F Barrett Hayton signs offersheet with the Devils ↗Utah Mammoth match Barrett Hayton offer sheet from New Jersey Devils ↗
CapFriendly was shut down and the community is actively looking for alternatives — PuckPedia, Benchwarmers.app, and CapWages have already moved into the gap with contract/cap/transaction tracking; the specific RFA-focused dashboard with fan explainers is differentiated but the broader cap-tracker market is now contested, not wide open.NHL Salary Cap, Player Contracts and Salary Cap Analysis | Puckpedia ↗Benchwarmers - Cap Friendly Alternative | NHL Salary Cap & Stats Tracker ↗There's a new NHL website that's just like CapFriendly used to be ↗
Hockey fans have a track record of resisting paid subscriptions — PuckPedia and Benchwarmers appear to offer free cap data, while even established outlets like The Hockey News compete on thin margins; charging for a niche RFA dashboard faces strong free-alternative pressure.Subscribing to The Hockey News magazine is a no-brainer ↗The Hockey News Magazine Subscription - totalmagazines.com ↗
NHL RFA activity is a recurring annual cycle (late June–mid July for offer sheets and arbitration), but the dashboard would be largely idle for the remaining ~10 months, requiring offseason content pivots (trade deadline, draft) to stay relevant year-round.2024 NHL Free Agency Tracker - The Hockey Writers ↗
NHL cap data is public and already exposed by PuckPedia/CapWages, so a sortable dashboard is a standard web build; the 'what it means for fans' explainer layer requires ongoing editorial work but no hard data-acquisition barrier.NHL Salary Cap, Player Contracts and Salary Cap Analysis | Puckpedia ↗