Could this be the year where offer sheets rule the NHL’s free agency period?
Early reports lean towards “no,” but with a class of restricted free agents that includes young talents like Alex Galchenyuk, Nazem Kadri, Brandon Saad, and Vladimir Tarasenko, prospective general managers could look to add valuable pieces via the offer sheet route.
Of course, any successful attempt to snare a restricted free agent from a rival team is subject to compensation heading the other way.
Here’s a handy chart that outlines the draft choice compensation scale:
| Average annual value | Compensation |
|---|---|
| Less than $1,205,377 | Nothing |
| $1,205,377-to-$1,826,328 | Third-round pick |
| $1,826,328-to-$3,652,659 | Second-round pick |
| $3,652,659-to-$5,478,986 | First and third-round picks |
| $5,478,986-to-$7,305,316 | First, second and third-round picks |
| $7,305,316-to-$9,131,645 | Two firsts, a second and third-round picks |
| $9,131,645 or greater | Four first-round picks |
Courtesy of our friends at the NHL, here’s a look at Group 2 restricted free agents who have been tendered a qualifying offer by their respective teams, and thus are subject to draft-choice compensation and right to match.
ANAHEIM
Carl Hagelin, Michael Sgarbossa, Jakob Silfverberg, Chris Wagner.
ARIZONA
Mikkel Boedker, Klas Dahlbeck, Louis Domingue, Brandon Gormley, Jordan Martinook, Philip Samuelsson, Brendan Shinnimin.
BOSTON
Brett Connolly, Ryan Spooner.
BUFFALO
Jerry D’Amigo, Jerome Gauthier-Leduc, Johan Larsson, Nathan Lieuwen, Mark Pysyk, Tim Schaller, Philip Varone.
CALGARY
Lance Bouma, Paul Byron, Micheal Ferland, Josh Jooris, Max Reinhart, Drew Shore, David Wolf.
CAROLINA
Zach Boychuk, Rasmus Rissanen, Justin Shugg, Brody Sutter.
CHICAGO
Marcus Kruger, Joakim Nordstrom, Dennis Rasmussen, Viktor Svedberg.
COLORADO
Andrew Agozzino, Sami Aittokallio, Mat Clark, Stefan Elliott, Mikhail Grigorenko, Freddie Hamilton, Calvin Pickard.
COLUMBUS
Matt Calvert, Michael Chaput, Brandon Saad.
DALLAS
Curtis McKenzie, Jamie Oleksiak.
DETROIT
Louis-Marc Aubry, Mitch Callahan, Landon Ferraro, Nick Jensen, Tomas Jurco, Gustav Nyquist, Teemu Pulkkinen.
EDMONTON
Brandon Davidson, Tyler Pitlick, Justin Schultz.
FLORIDA
Jimmy Hayes, Quinton Howden, Jonathan Huberdeau, Corban Knight, John McFarland, Greg McKegg, Alex Petrovic, Garrett Wilson.
LOS ANGELES
Andy Andreoff, Andrew Crescenzi, Nic Dowd, Vincent Loverde, Jordan Weal.
MINNESOTA
Jonathon Blum, Brett Bulmer, Mikael Granlund, Johan Gustafsson, Erik Haula, Jared Knight.
MONTREAL
Michael Bournival, Brian Flynn, Alex Galchenyuk, Magnus Nygren, Christian Thomas, Jarred Tinordi.
NASHVILLE
Taylor Aronson, Taylor Beck, Anthony Bitetto, Gabriel Bourque, Magnus Hellberg, Calle Jarnkrok, Craig Smith, Colin Wilson.
NEW JERSEY
Eric Gelinas, Seth Helgeson, Adam Larsson.
NEW YORK ISLANDERS
Kevin Czuczman, Mike Halmo, Brock Nelson, Kevin Poulin, Johan Sundstrom.
NEW YORK RANGERS
Mat Bodie, Emerson Etem, Jesper Fast, Marek Hrivik, Carl Klingberg, Oscar Lindberg, Dylan McIlrath, J.T. Miller, Derek Stepan.
OTTAWA
Alex Chiasson, Mike Hoffman, Shane Prince, Cole Schneider.
PHILADELPHIA
Michael Del Zotto.
PITTSBURGH
Beau Bennett, Brian Dumoulin, Bobby Farnham, Reid McNeill, Dominik Uher.
ST. LOUIS
Jake Allen, Cody Beach, Robert Bortuzzo, Jani Hakanpaa, Magnus Paajarvi, Vladimir Tarasenko.
SAN JOSE
Aaron Dell, Martin Jones, Daniil Tarasov.
TAMPA BAY
Carter Ashton, Vladislav Namestnikov, Philippe Paradis, Luke Witkowski.
TORONTO
Nazem Kadri, Martin Marincin, Richard Panik.
VANCOUVER
Sven Baertschi, Adam Clendening, Frank Corrado, Alexandre Grenier.
WASHINGTON
Chris Brown, Stanislav Galiev, Braden Holtby, Marcus Johansson, Evgeny Kuznetsov.
WINNIPEG
John Albert, Julian Melchiori, Paul Postma.
