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Could the Oilers, or any other team for that matter, use dual offer sheets to snag top young talent with the salary cap on the way down?

The Oilers have extended qualifying offers to seven restricted free agents.

The Oilers, Panthers and Islanders could use the dual offer sheet to greatly accelerate their rebuild.

Offer sheets might be a dirty word in the NHL media, but using two of them at a time is just good management.

General Managers are lax in using all of the tools available to them, specifically offer sheets.