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). To be tendered an offer sheet, a player must:
#Have at least one NHL contract expire.
#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).
#Be younger than 27 on July 1 of that year.
#Be without a contract for the upcoming season.
#Be tendered a qualifying offer by the current team.
If any of those conditions has not been met, the player becomes an unrestricted free agent' and cannot receive an offer sheet.
==Signed offer sheets==
Player 	Date 	Offer Amount 	Original Team 	Offer Team 	Result 	Compensation
Gary Nylund 	August 1986 Matsumoto, R., "Leafs get Yaremchuk, Dupont for Nylund", The Toronto Star, September 8, 1986, pg B2. 	3 years plus option, ~$620 000 Houston, W., "Hawk dollars lured Nylund across border", The Globe and Mail, August 29, 1986, pg D11.	Toronto Maple Leafs	Chicago Blackhawks 	Accepted 	Ken Yaremchuk, Jarome Dupont, 4th round draft in 1987
Geoff Courtnall 	August 1988 Matsumoto, R., "Arbitrator ruling has Eagle screaming", The Toronto Star, August 23, 1988, Sports C.6. 	? 	Edmonton Oilers 	New York Rangers 	Matched 	The Washington Capitals matched the offer after the Oilers traded their right to match for Greg Adams.
Scott Stevens 	July 16, 1990 Brehm, M., "The Vanek Offer in Context" USA Today, July 5, 2007 (sidebar). Accessed August 1, 2007 	4 years, $5.1 millionGordon, J., "Blues are plunging into the free-agent pool", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 21, 1991, pg 1F. 	Washington Capitals	St. Louis Blues 	Accepted 	Five 1st round draft picks
Dave Christian 	July 21, 1991 Gordon, J. "Bruins Yield; Christian free to join Blues, Boston gives 2 draft picks for signing Featherstone", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 31, 1991, pg 1D	3 years, $1.775 million 	Boston Bruins 	St. Louis Blues 	Dropped 	-
Glen Featherstone 	July 25, 1991 	2 years, ~$500 000 	St. Louis Blues 	Boston Bruins 	Accepted 	Dave Christian, a 3rd round pick in 1992, and seventh in 1992 or sixth in 1993 (plus Tomlinson)
Dave Thomlinson 	July 25, 1991 	$200 000 	St. Louis Blues 	Boston Bruins 	Accepted 	Part of Featherstone accepted compensation.
Brendan Shanahan 	July 25, 1991 	? 	New Jersey Devils 	St. Louis Blues 	Accepted 	Scott Stevens
Michel Goulet 	July 1991 	4 years, $2.9 million (three years plus option year) 	Chicago Blackhawks 	St. Louis Blues 	Matched 	-
Adam Graves 	Sept 3, 1991 Fisher, R., "NHL free agency a risky business", The Gazette, September 8, 1991, pg C1. 	5 years, $2.44 million 	Edmonton Oilers 	New York Rangers 	Accepted 	Troy Mallette
Kevin Stevens 	Sept 25, 1991 Dupont, K., "Penguins hold onto Stevens; they match offer -- and cost Bruins", The Boston Globe, September 26, 1991, Sports pg 65. 	5 years, $5.375 million 	Pittsburgh Penguins	Boston Bruins 	Matched 	-
Dave Manson 	June 26, 1992 Associated Press, "Capitals Make Offer for Manson", New York Times, June 27, 1992. Accessed August 1, 2007. 	3 years, $3.4 million, third year optional at $1.2 million 	Edmonton Oilers 	Washington Capitals	Matched 	-
Teemu Selanne 	1992 Gordon, J., "NHL Rookies Shooting for Big Numbers", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, October 21, 1992, pg 5D. 	$2.7 million 	Winnipeg Jets 	Calgary Flames 	Matched 	-
Craig Simpson 	July 16, 1993 Kettman, S., "NHL Commissioner Kills Sharks' Simpson Deal", San Francisco Chronicle, July 27, 1993, pg B2.1985 NHL Entry Draft -- Craig Simpson 	3 years, $3.09 million 	Edmonton Oilers 	San Jose Sharks 	Invalidated	The 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.
Kelly Miller 	July 18, 1993 Sell, D., "No way, San Jose: Capitals will keep Miller", The Washington Post, July 28, 1993, pg F.01. 	2 years, $2.65 million 	Washington Capitals	San Jose Sharks 	Matched 	-
Marty McSorley 	August, 1993 Wigge, L., "Without McSorley, Penguins would be ailing", The Sporting News, November 8, 1993. Accessed August 1, 2007. 	5 years, $10 million 	Los Angeles Kings 	St. Louis Blues 	Matched 	-
Petr Nedved 	March 4, 1994 	3 years, $12 million 	Vancouver Canucks 	St. Louis Blues 	Accepted 	Craig Janney + 2nd round draft pick
Scott Stevens 	July 4, 1994 	4 years, $17 million 	New Jersey Devils 	St. Louis Blues 	Matched 	$1.425 million + 1st round draft pick
Mike Craig 	July 29, 1994 Cox, D., "Leafs sign Craig but must give up compensation", The Toronto Star, July 30, 1994, pg E.4. 	4 years, $2.4 million 	Dallas Stars 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Accepted 	Peter Zezel and Grant Marshall
Steven Rice 	August 30, 1994 Gordon, J., "Big Deal(s): NHL sizes up Vancouver's success", St. Louis Post-Dispatch, August 24, 1994, pg 3D. 	$1.7 million 	Edmonton Oilers 	Hartford Whalers 	Accepted 	Bryan Marchment
Shayne Corson 	July 28, 1995 Cox, D., "Whealing, dealing Blues get Corson, give up Joseph", The Toronto Star, August 5, 1995, pg E1. 	5 year, $6.975 million 	Edmonton Oilers 	St. Louis Blues 	Accepted 	First round picks in 1996 and 1997, later traded back to St. Louis for Curtis Joseph and Mike Grier
Stu Grimson 	August 17, 1995 Diamos, J., "Hockey", The New York Times, August 25, 1995, Section B, pg 9. 	5 year, $2.5 million 	Detroit Red Wings 	New York Rangers 	Matched 	-
Keith Tkachuk 	1995 	5 years, $17.2 million 	Winnipeg Jets 	Chicago Blackhawks 	Matched 	-
Ron Tugnutt 	July 10, 1996 Casey, T., "Free agent Tugnutt signs Senators contract-offer", The Ottawa Citizen, July 11, 1996, C5. 	< $400 000/year 	Washington Capitals	Ottawa Senators 	Accepted 	No compensation due to contract value
Joe Sakic 	1997 	3 years, $21 million 	Colorado Avalanche 	New York Rangers 	Matched 	-
Chris Gratton 	1997 	5 years, $16.5 million 	Tampa Bay Lightning	Philadelphia Flyers	Accepted 	Four 1st round picks, traded back to the Flyers for Mikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuis with Flyers picking up part of Renberg's salary Kaufman, I., "Bolts salvage deal for Gratton; Lightning acquire Renberg, Dykhuis", The Tampa Tribune, August 21, 1997, Sports p1.
Mattias Ohlund 	1997 Van Dienst, D., "Penner by the pound?", Edmonton Sun, July 27, 2007. 	5 years, $10 million & $7.5 million signing bonus 	Vancouver Canucks 	Toronto Maple Leafs	Matched 	-
Sergei Fedorov 	Feb 1998 	6 year, $38 million 	Detroit Red Wings 	Carolina Hurricanes	Matched 	-
Ryan Kesler 	Sept 12, 2006 	1 year, $1.9 million 	Vancouver Canucks 	Philadelphia Flyers	Matched 	-
Thomas Vanek 	July 6, 2007 Allen, K., "Sabres keep Vanek by matching Oilers' $50M offer", USA Today, July 5, 2007. Accessed August 1, 2007 	7 years, $50 million 	Buffalo Sabres 	Edmonton Oilers 	Matched 	-
Dustin Penner 	July 26, 2007 	5 years, $21.5 million 	Anaheim Ducks 	Edmonton Oilers 	Accepted 	1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks in 2008
David Backes 	July 1, 2008 	3 years, $7.5 million 	St. Louis Blues 	Vancouver Canucks 	Matched 	-
Steve Bernier 	July 8, 2008 	1 year, $2.5 million 	Vancouver Canucks 	St. Louis Blues 	Matched 	-
Niklas Hjalmarsson	July 9, 2010 	4 years, $14 million 	Chicago Blackhawks 	San Jose Sharks 	Matched 	-
==Related transactions==
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 1996, 1997, and 1998 drafts.Conroy, S., "B's deal Wesley, Whalers surrender 3 first-round picks", Boston Herald, August 27, 1994, pp 044. The contract was reported to be $1.7 million per season for 3 seasons.Dupont, K., "Wesley Now A Whaler Bruins Land Three Picks In The Trade", Boston Globe, August 27, 1994, pg 33.
==See also==
*Offer sheet
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