Heading into the 2015 offseason, there has been talk of potential offer sheets. Teams may be looking to take advantage of other teams salary cap situation.
Since 1986, there have been 35 players that have been signed offer sheets. 13 have been accepted, 20 have been matched, one was dropped and one was invalid.
The below table was compiled on Wikipedia.
| Player | Date | Offer Amount | Original Team | Offer Team | Result | Notes |
| Gary Nylund | Aug. 1, 1986 | 3 years plus option, ~$620 000 | Maple Leafs | Blackhawks | Accepted | Ken Yaremchuk, Jerome Dupont, 4th round draft in 1987 |
| Geoff Courtnall | Aug. 1, 1988 | unknown | Oilers | NY Rangers | Matched | The Washington Capitals matched the New York Rangers’s offer after the Oilers traded their right to match to Washington for Greg Adams. |
| Scott Stevens | July 16, 1990 | 4 years, $5.1 million | Capitals | Blues | Accepted | Five 1st round draft picks |
| Dave Christian | July 21, 1991 | 3 years, $1.775 million | Bruins | Blues | Dropped | – |
| Glen Featherstone | July 25, 1991 | 2 years, ~$500 000 | Blues | 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 | Blues | Bruins | Accepted | Part of Featherstone accepted compensation. |
| Brendan Shanahan | July 25, 1991 | 3 years, $3.015 million | Devils | Blues | Accepted | Scott Stevens (The Blues still owed first round picks to the Capitals as per the original Stevens offer sheet in 1990, and the Blues and Devils were unable to agree on proper compensation. The Blues offered G Curtis Joseph, C Rod Brind’Amour and two draft picks, but the Devils declined, asking instead for Stevens. The case was referred to arbitration, and arbitrator Edward Houston awarded Stevens to the Devils.) |
| Michel Goulet | July 1, 1991 | 4 years, $2.9 million (three years plus option year) | Blackhawks | Blues | Matched | – |
| Adam Graves | Sept. 3, 1991 | 5 years, $2.44 million | Oilers | NY Rangers | Accepted | Troy Mallette |
| Kevin Stevens | Sept. 25, 1991 | 5 years, $5.375 million | Penguins | Bruins | Matched | – |
| Dave Manson | June 26, 1992 | 3 years, $3.4 million, third year optional at $1.2 million | Oilers | Capitals | Matched | – |
| Teemu Selanne | 1992 | $2.7 million | Jets | Flames | Matched | – |
| Craig Simpson | July 16, 1993 | 3 years, $3.09 million | Oilers | 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 Sabres, but Edmonton would trade him there before he could do so. |
| Kelly Miller | July 18, 1993 | 2 years, $2.65 million | Capitals | Sharks | Matched | – |
| Marty McSorley | Aug. 1, 1993 | 5 years, $10 million | Kings | Blues | Matched | – |
| Petr Nedved | Mar. 4, 1994 | 3 years, $12 million | Canucks | Blues | Accepted | Craig Janney + 2nd round draft pick |
| Scott Stevens | July 4, 1994 | 4 years, $17 million | Devils | Blues | Matched | $1.425 million + 1st round draft pick |
| Mike Craig | July 29, 1994 | 4 years, $2.4 million | Dallas Stars | Maple Leafs | Accepted | Peter Zezel and Grant Marshall |
| Steven Rice | Aug. 30, 1994 | $1.7 million | Oilers | Whalers | Accepted | Bryan Mar.ment; the Whalers originally offered the Oilers forwardRobert Kron as compensation, but an arbitrator ruled in favour of the Oilers, who argued that Mar.ment represented fairer compensation for the loss of Rice. |
| Shayne Corson | July 28, 1995 | 5 year, $6.975 million | Oilers | Blues | Accepted | First round picks in 1996 and 1997. Traded back to St. Louis for Curtis Joseph and Mike Grier |
| Stu Grimson | Aug. 17, 1995 | 5 year, $2.5 million | Red Wings | NY Rangers | Matched | – |
| Keith Tkachuk | June 17, 1905 | 5 years, $17.2 million | Jets | Blackhawks | Matched | – |
| Ron Tugnutt | July 10, 1996 | < $400 000/year | Capitals | Senators | Accepted | No compensation due to contract value |
| Joe Sakic | 1997 | 3 years, $21 million | Avalanche | NY Rangers | Matched | – |
| Chris Gratton | 1997 | 5 years, $16.5 million | Lightning | Flyers | Accepted | Four 1st round picks. Traded back to the Flyers forMikael Renberg and Karl Dykhuiswith Flyers picking up part of Renberg’s salary. |
| Mattias Ohlund | 1997 | 5 years, $10 million & $7.5 million signing bonus | Canucks | Maple Leafs | Matched | – |
| Sergei Fedorov | Feb. 1, 1998 | 6 year, $38 million | Red Wings | Hurricanes | Matched | – |
| Ryan Kesler | Sept. 12, 2006 | 1 year, $1.9 million | Canucks | Flyers | Matched | – |
| Thomas Vanek | July 6, 2007 | 7 years, $50 million | Sabres | Oilers | Matched | – |
| Dustin Penner | July 26, 2007 | 5 years, $21.5 million | Ducks | Oilers | Accepted | 1st, 2nd, and 3rd round picks in 2008 |
| David Backes | July 1, 2008 | 3 years, $7.5 million | Blues | Canucks | Matched | – |
| Steve Bernier | July 8, 2008 | 1 year, $2.5 million | Canucks | Blues | Matched | – |
| Niklas Hjalmarsson | July 9, 2010 | 4 years, $14 million | Blackhawks | Sharks | Matched | – |
| Shea Weber | July 18, 2012 | 14 years, $110 million | Predators | Flyers | Matched | – |
| Ryan O’Reilly | Feb. 28, 2013 | 2 years, $10 million | Avalanche | Flames | Matched | – |
