A restricted free agent (RFA) is a type of free agent in some sports leagues, such as the National Football League (NFL), National Hockey League (NHL)...

teams. In some circumstances, the free agent's options are limited by league rules. Free agency was severely restricted in many sports leagues, instead...

rights to the player. A restricted free agent can accept a qualifying offer from his previous team. A restricted free agent finishing the fourth season...

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players who have signed offer sheets. In the NHL, players who are restricted free agents can be, after being qualified by their current team, signed by another...

several kinds of NHL free agency, but generally the free agent pool in the NHL is split into restricted and unrestricted free agents. All contract signings...

professional sports, an offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent by a team other than the one for which he played during the prior...

was reported that Humphrey would be returning to the Saints as a restricted free-agent. However, a failed physical voided the Saints offer. On June 16...

26–20 in overtime. In March 2020, the Saints placed a first-round restricted free agent tender on Hill worth $4.641 million. On April 26, Hill re-signed...

finished the game 3-of-4 for 15 yards. Boyle was scheduled to become a restricted free agent following the 2020 season, but the team did not extend a tender...

the Jacksonville Jaguars. In the offseason, the Patriots tendered restricted free agent running back Curtis Martin with the highest possible tender, which...

and more experience. After the 2002–03 season, Arenas became a restricted free agent. He reportedly flipped a coin to decide among several teams seeking...

2021, Cleveland extended a qualifying offer to Allen, making him a restricted free agent. Allen signed a multi-year contract with Cleveland on August 6....

before the October 31, 2013, deadline, allowing him to become a restricted free agent in 2014. However, new Celtics coach Brad Stevens professed his trust...

the Cavaliers extended a qualifying offer to Sexton, making him a restricted free agent. On September 3, 2022, Sexton was signed-and-traded, alongside Lauri...

season, the Raptors extended a qualifying offer to him, making him a restricted free agent. He later signed a partially guaranteed, two-year contract extension...

three-year, entry-level contract. In the afternoon, the team re-signed restricted free agent Eeli Tolvanen to a two-year, $6.95 million contract. On July 14...

off the dribble and handle the ball in transition. Ball became a restricted free agent during the offseason. On August 8, 2021, Ball was traded to the...

(obtained from Washington as compensation for Washington signing Jets' restricted free agent Laveranues Coles) and #22 in the first round and the Jets' fourth-round...

goal and ten points in 66 games with Springfield. As an impending restricted free agent, Brown agreed to a two-year, two-way contract extension to remain...

as a pending restricted free agent Benoit was not tendered a qualifying offer by the team and was released as a unrestricted free agent. He was signed...

goal and three assists during those seven games. Nylander became a restricted free agent during the off-season. He went unsigned throughout the summer, seeking...

On March 18, 2020, Rush re-signed with the Cowboys on a one-year restricted free agent tender. On May 4, he was waived by the Cowboys after the team signed...

touchdowns in 15 games and six starts. The Colts placed a second-round restricted free agent tender on March 17, 2021. He signed the one-year contract on May...

in a 5–3 loss to the Dallas Stars on October 13. As an impending restricted free agent following the conclusion of his entry-level deal, Sherwood was not...

been an unrestricted free agent in a normal season. The Patriots tendered at the highest possible level for a restricted free agent, $3.26 million, which...

impending restricted free agent, was resigned by the Coyotes on August 10, 1998. On August 30, 2002, by this time again an unrestricted free agent, Debrusk...

season, the Cavaliers had the option of allowing him to become a restricted free agent, or keeping him under contract for one more year at a $695,000 salary...

agreement (CBA) where one franchise/team signs an unrestricted free agent or restricted free agent player to a new contract, only to then immediately trade...

twice suspended for violating the league's anti-drug policy. As a restricted free agent, he then signed with the Miami Heat, where he played the 2003–04...