List of NHL players who have signed offer sheets

This is a list of National Hockey League 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 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 qualify as a Group 2 Restricted Free Agent (Group 2 RFA). To be considered a Group 2 RFA, a player must:

Reach the required number of professional seasons depending on the age of the player when he first signs his Standard Player Contract. (3 professional seasons for ages 18-21, 2 professional seasons for ages 22-23, and 1 professional season for ages 23 and older) Have at least one NHL contract expire. Be without a contract for the upcoming season. 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 will not become a Group 2 RFA.

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. 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.

Classification CompensationGroup I Under 25 years old with less than five years of pro experience 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 II Between 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 III 31 years or older (later amended to 30) 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 IV European draft pick who remained unsigned after two years from being drafted Original team was permitted to match the offer sheet. The original team received no compensation if they did not match.

Signed offer sheets