[dave1927p]

Currently Offer sheets are not an option in the game.

If an NHL team has rights to a player, no other NHL team can sign him. In real life teams have to give up draft picks, the number of draft picks depending on the amount the players signs for. This chart is the compensation as of 2012, I don't think it has changed in the latest CBA but I could be wrong. As you will see the amount you'd have to give Alex would be in the 4.5 and over range which can be quite steep. Most teams would not be willing to give up this much especially since they are so close to the cap, so I don't really see it being a priority for the dev team at this point.

But I do hope they can correct it in the first version to get the system in place. It is rare but we still see offer sheets being handed out in the past. (niklas hjalmarsson) and we are likely to see it again next year when teams get more cap space.

It would be nice as well to be able to sign other teams staff to contracts as well, as long as it is a promotion for them. (Example, DET Assistant GM goes to Dallas and becomes GM...DET had given permission as they always will but only if it is not for the same title they held with their current team)



Draft Pick Compensation


2012 Averaged Salary

Draft Pick Compensation

$660,000 and below $1,110,249 and below No compensation
$1,110,250 to $1,682,194 Third-round pick
$1,682,195 to $3,364,391 Second-round pick
$3,364,392 to $5,046,585 First- and third-round pick
$5,046,586 to $6,728,781 First-, second-, and third-round pick
$6,728,782 to $8,410,976 Two first-round picks and a second- and third-round pick
$8,410,977 and above Four first-round picks