Barrett Hayton

Both 2026 NHL offer sheets got matched and not one player changed teams. All the talk was this summer was going to be insane. The free agent market lacked to the point that everyone needed to make trades to reach their goals. There were several high profile RFA’s on the market ripe for offer sheets....

Many fans bemoan NHL GM’s for not signing young talent through the avenue of NHL offer sheets. However, many GM’s have responded with saying that offer sheets are a pointless endeavor. Offer sheets are matched over 90% of the time. So, I understand the GM’s who echo the statement about the pointlessness of attempting this...