A player's contract situation can be an important tiebreaker when choosing between two players in your fantasy hockey draft.
Last season, some of the biggest steals were pending restricted free agents: David Pastrnak (Boston Bruins), Leon Draisaitl (Edmonton Oilers), Mikael Granlund and Nino Niederreiter (Minnesota Wild), Viktor Arvidsson (Nashville Predators) and Alex Wennberg (Columbus Blue Jackets).
Fantasy: Contract situations to watch in 2017-18
Potential unrestricted, restricted free agents could perform well this season