Offer sheets are contracts offered to restricted free agents by teams other than the player’s current team. If a player signs, the original team can match the offer to keep the player or decline and receive draft-pick compensation. Compensation depends on the offer sheet AAV, with tiers ranging from a third-round pick for lower values to four first-round picks for the highest values. Most compensating picks must come from the 2027 NHL Draft and must be the compensating team’s own selections, not acquired from other teams. Higher tiers require picks spread across specific future draft windows. Several notable players are eligible to sign offer sheets this offseason, and teams may begin discussions June 30 but cannot sign until July 1.
"If the player signs that offer sheet, their original team then has the opportunity to match the contract terms and keep the player, or receive compensation for the player in the form of draft picks. The more expensive the contract, the more compensation a team can receive."
"All departing draft picks, except for those in the final two levels of compensation, will come from the 2027 NHL Draft, and they must be the compensating team's own selections. No picks acquired from other teams can be included in offer-sheet compensation."
"In the case of the second-to-last level of compensation, a team will have to send two of the first-round picks from the next three drafts (2027 onward). In the final level, the four first-round picks must come within the next five drafts (2027 onward)."
"Teams can start talking to restricted free agents on the night of June 30, but nothing can be signed until free agency officially begins on July 1. No players were signed to offer sheets last year, but two summers ago, the St. Louis Blues pried both Philip Broberg"
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