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New compensation thresholds for NHL offer sheets revealed
Will there be more offer sheets this summer after the St. Louis Blues found success getting Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway from Edmonton? With the salary cap rising, here are the new offer sheet compensation thresholds.
Here’s what we don’t know: if there will be more offer sheets this summer.
Here’s what we do know: the compensation thresholds. Here are the tiers, ranging from zero compensation to four first-rounders:
|
OFFER SHEET AAV |
COMPENSATION |
|
$1,544,424 or less |
None |
|
Over $1,544,424 to $2,340,037 |
Third-round pick |
|
Over $2,340,037 to $4,680,076 |
Second-round pick |
|
Over $4,680,076 to $7,020,113 |
First- and third-round picks |
|
Over $7,020,113 to $9,360,153 |
First-, second-, and third-round picks |
|
Over $9,360,153 to $11,700,192 |
Two firsts, one second and one third |
|
Over $11,700,192 |
Four first-round picks |
Teams can start talking to RFAs on the night of June 30, but nothing can be signed until free agency officially begins at 12:01 pm (ET) on July 1.
And remember that, in determining the AAV of an offer sheet, you divide the salary by term length or five — whichever is lower.
