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Originally Posted by Frank MetaMusil
Only 34 players have ever signed offer sheets. 13 were accepted (pending the O'Reilly offer)
Some examples
-Stevens (accepted once, matched once)
-Graves (accepted)
-Selanne (matched)
-Vanek (matched, haha stupid Oilers)
-Sakic (matched)
-Fedorov (matched)
-Weber (matched)
Funny enough, Goulet was also offer sheeted by the blues. Chicago matched.
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I was thinking more recently. The Kesler, Vanek, Weber, and probably Hjalmarsson deals were all bad contracts but were matched because the team felt the player was worth more than the assets they'd return.