List of NHL players who have signed offer sheets

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This is a list of National Hockey League players who have signed offer sheets.

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In the NHL, players who are restricted free agents can be, after being qualified by their current team, signed by another team to an offer sheet with salary greater than the qualifying offer. Teams have seven days to match the offer, and if the offer is not matched, the team making the offer sheet must give up compensation (see here for details). Currently to be tendered an offer sheet, a player must:

  1. Have at least one NHL contract expire.
  2. Have played at least 80 NHL games if a forward or defenseman, or 28 NHL games if a goalie (applies only for players who have 3 years of NHL service).
  3. Be younger than 27 on July 1 of that year.
  4. Be without a contract for the upcoming season.
  5. Be tendered a qualifying offer by the current team by June 25 or the Monday after that year's NHL Entry Draft (whichever is later)

If any of those conditions has not been met, the player becomes an "unrestricted free agent" and cannot receive an offer sheet.

1988–1994 Restricted free agent classification

The 1988–1994 NHL collective bargaining agreement (CBA) introduced restricted free agency and operated under different rules than subsequent CBAs. [1] Unrestricted free agency would not be introduced until the 1995 CBA. The 1988–1994 NHL CBA had four groups of restricted free agents who were eligible to sign an offer sheet. Since 1995, Group II restricted free agency was the lone carryover with adjusted age and experience criteria.

ClassificationCompensation
Group IUnder 25 years old with less than five years of pro experience [2] Original team was not permitted to match the offer sheet. Teams were given a week to complete the equalization process in which the original team would be compensated with current NHL players, prospects, and/or draft picks. If an agreement could not be reached, the two teams would present their offers before an arbitrator who would choose between the two.
Group IIBetween the ages of 25 and 31 (later amended to 30)Original team was permitted to match the offer sheet. The original team was given a week to decide whether to match. The CBA set a predefined amount of draft pick compensation linked to the dollar amount of the offer sheet.
Group III31 years or older (later amended to 30) [3] The player could specify whether his original team could match. If the player did not allow the original team to match, his new club would begin the equalization process with his original team. If given the option to match, a team received no compensation if it declined.
Group IVEuropean draft pick who remained unsigned after two years from being drafted [4] Original team was permitted to match the offer sheet. The original team received no compensation if they did not match.

Signed offer sheets

PlayerDateOffer AmountOriginal TeamOffer TeamResultNotes
Gary Nylund August 1986 [5] 3 years plus option, ~$620 000 [6] Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Blackhawks Not Matched Ken Yaremchuk, Jerome Dupont, 4th round draft in 1987
Geoff Courtnall August 1988 [7] unknown Edmonton Oilers New York Rangers MatchedThe Washington Capitals matched the New York Rangers's offer after the Oilers traded their right to match to Washington for Greg Adams.
Guy Lafleur July 15, 1989 [8] undisclosed New York Rangers Quebec Nordiques Not MatchedGroup III offer sheet. Quebec agreed to send $100,000 and a 5th round pick in the 1990 Draft in exchange for the Rangers declining their option to match.
Larry Robinson July 25, 1989 [9] 3 years, 1.6 million Montreal Canadiens Los Angeles Kings Not MatchedGroup III offer sheet, Montreal received no compensation due to having option of matching offer sheet. [10]
Scott Stevens July 16, 1990 [11] 4 years, $5.1 million [12] Washington Capitals St. Louis Blues Not MatchedFive 1st round draft picks
Dave Christian July 21, 1991 [13] 3 years, $1.775 million Boston Bruins St. Louis Blues Dropped–
Glen Featherstone July 25, 1991 [13] 2 years, ~$500 000 St. Louis Blues Boston Bruins Not Matched Dave Christian, a 3rd round pick in 1992, and seventh in 1992 or sixth in 1993 (plus Tomlinson)
Dave Thomlinson July 25, 1991 [13] $200 000 St. Louis Blues Boston Bruins Not MatchedPart of Featherstone accepted compensation.
Brendan Shanahan July 25, 1991 [11] 3 years, $3.015 million New Jersey Devils St. Louis Blues Group I – not allowed to match Scott Stevens awarded as compensation. During the Group I equalization process, the Blues offered G Curtis Joseph, C Rod Brind'Amour and two draft picks, but the Devils declined, asking instead for Stevens. The case was referred to arbitration, and arbitrator Edward Houston awarded Stevens to the Devils.)
Michel Goulet July 1991 [12] 4 years, $2.9 million (three years plus option year) Chicago Blackhawks St. Louis Blues Matched–
Troy Crowder August 27, 1991 [14] undisclosed New Jersey Devils Detroit Red Wings Group I – not allowed to match Dave Barr and Randy McKay awarded as compensation by arbitrator. New Jersey had requested Bob Probert. [15]
Adam Graves Sept 3, 1991 [16] 5 years, $2.44 million Edmonton Oilers New York Rangers Group I – not allowed to match Troy Mallette was given to Edmonton as compensation for the Group I offer sheet as per arbitrator's ruling. Edmonton had requested Steven Rice and Louie DeBrusk.
Kevin Stevens Sept 25, 1991 [17] 5 years, $5.375 million Pittsburgh Penguins Boston Bruins Matched–
Dave Manson June 26, 1992 [18] 3 years, $3.4 million, third year optional at $1.2 million Edmonton Oilers Washington Capitals Matched–
Sergei Makarov July 28, 1992 [19] 4 years, 2 million [20] Calgary Flames San Jose Sharks MatchedGroup III offer sheet, Calgary would not have received compensation had they declined to match.
Teemu Selanne 1992 [21] $2.7 million Winnipeg Jets Calgary Flames MatchedGroup IV offer sheet for unsigned European draft pick
Craig Simpson July 16, 1993 [22] [23] 3 years, $3.09 million Edmonton Oilers San Jose Sharks InvalidatedThe San Jose Sharks had structured Simpson's offer sheet so that most of the money was a signing bonus; Simpson's first year salary would have been less than $200,000 as a result. Earlier in the offseason, Simpson had rejected an offer from Edmonton of $690,000 because it was below the 15 percent raise required to keep him restricted. After the Sharks deal was rejected, Simpson then sought to sign an offer sheet from the Buffalo Sabres, but Edmonton would trade him there before he could do so. [23]
Kelly Miller July 18, 1993 [24] 2 years, $2.65 million Washington Capitals San Jose Sharks Matched–
Marty McSorley August, 1993 [25] 5 years, $10 million Los Angeles Kings St. Louis Blues MatchedGroup III offer sheet. Kings matched and immediately traded McSorley to Pittsburgh for Shawn McEachern
Petr Nedved March 4, 19943 years, $12 million Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues Group I – not allowed to matchGroup I offer sheet. During equalization process, Vancouver requested Brendan Shanahan but arbitrator chose St. Louis' offer of Craig Janney + 2nd round draft pick- After Janney refused to report, Vancouver dealt him back to the Blues for Jeff Brown, Bret Hedican and Nathan Lafayette.
Scott Stevens July 4, 1994 [26] 4 years, $17 million New Jersey Devils St. Louis Blues MatchedBlues ordered to compensate Devils $1.425 million + 1st round draft pick for tampering.
Stevens' second career offer sheet.
Mike Craig July 29, 1994 [27] 4 years, $2.4 million Dallas Stars Toronto Maple Leafs Not Matched Peter Zezel and Grant Marshall
Steven Rice August 30, 1994 [28] $1.7 million Edmonton Oilers Hartford Whalers Not Matched Bryan Marchment; the Whalers originally offered the Oilers forward Robert Kron as compensation, but an arbitrator ruled in favour of the Oilers, who argued that Marchment represented fairer compensation for the loss of Rice.
Shayne Corson July 28, 1995 [29] 5 year, $6.975 million Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues Not MatchedFirst round picks in 1996 and 1997
Traded back to St. Louis for Curtis Joseph and Mike Grier
Stu Grimson August 17, 1995 [30] 5 year, $2.5 million Detroit Red Wings New York Rangers Matched–
Keith Tkachuk 1995 [11] 5 years, $17.2 million Winnipeg Jets Chicago Blackhawks Matched–
Ron Tugnutt July 10, 1996 [31] < $400 000/year Washington Capitals Ottawa Senators Not MatchedNo compensation due to contract value
Arturs Irbe July 22, 1996 [32] 1 year, $400 000 plus incentives San Jose Dallas Stars Not MatchedNo compensation due to contract value
Joe Sakic 1997 [11] 3 years, $21 million Colorado Avalanche New York Rangers Matched–
Chris Gratton 1997 [11] 5 years, $16.5 million Tampa Bay Lightning Philadelphia Flyers Not MatchedCompensation was set as four 1st round picks, which were traded back to the Flyers for Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis with Flyers picking up part of Renberg's salary. [33]
Mattias Ohlund 1997 [34] 5 years, $10 million & $7.5 million signing bonus Vancouver Canucks Toronto Maple Leafs Matched.As a 1994 draft pick, Ohlund was grandfathered to the previous CBA which allowed him to sign the Group IV offer sheet that had been removed in the 1995 CBA.
Sergei Fedorov Feb 1998 [11] 6 year, $38 million Detroit Red Wings Carolina Hurricanes MatchedIn an attempt to dissuade the Red Wings from matching, Carolina's contract was unusually front-loaded, and included a $12 million bonus if Fedorov reached the conference final, a far greater likelihood with the perennially contending Red Wings than the struggling Hurricanes. Detroit did match the offer sheet and Fedorov was paid $28 million for the season.
Ryan Kesler Sept 12, 2006 [11] 1 year, $1.9 million Vancouver Canucks Philadelphia Flyers Matched–
Thomas Vanek July 6, 2007 [35] 7 years, $50 million Buffalo Sabres Edmonton Oilers Matched–
Dustin Penner July 26, 20075 years, $21.5 million Anaheim Ducks Edmonton Oilers Not Matched1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks in 2008
David Backes July 1, 20083 years, $7.5 million St. Louis Blues Vancouver Canucks Matched–
Steve Bernier July 8, 20081 year, $2.5 million Vancouver Canucks St. Louis Blues Matched–
Niklas Hjalmarsson July 9, 20104 years, $14 million Chicago Blackhawks San Jose Sharks Matched–
Shea Weber July 18, 2012 [36] 14 years, $110 million Nashville Predators Philadelphia Flyers Matched [37] –
Ryan O'Reilly February 28, 2013 [38] 2 years, $10 million Colorado Avalanche Calgary Flames Matched–
Sebastian Aho July 1, 2019 [39] 5 years, $42.27 million Carolina Hurricanes Montreal Canadiens Matched [40] –
Jesperi Kotkaniemi August 28, 20211 year, $6.1 million Montreal Canadiens Carolina Hurricanes Not matched [41] 1st and 3rd round picks in 2022

In August 1994, the Hartford Whalers reportedly wished to sign Glen Wesley to an offer sheet, however they already had an outstanding offer for Steven Rice at the time. Instead, Wesley was signed by the Boston Bruins and immediately traded for three 1st round draft picks in the 1995, 1996, and 1997 drafts. [42] The contract was reported to be $1.7 million per season for 3 seasons. [43]

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