Some other interesting ones that I recall;
for the Nedved one, the Canucks asked for Shanahan, the Blues offered Janney, and the arbitrator sided with the Blues. Janney didn't want to leave St Louis, so the Canucks traded him back to the Blues for Jeff Brown, Bret Hedican, and Nathan Lafayette. All three played regularly as the Canucks went to the finals that year. Before the next season was over, the Blues traded Janney to the Sharks.
For Hjalmarsson, the Blackhawks matched the Sharks offer, but that meant they couldn't afford Antti Niemi, and walked away from his abitration award. The Sharks promptly signed him as a free agent.
And as far as I know, Ohlund and Selanne were the only ones to sign their first contracts as offer sheets, both because they were having trouble coming to terms with their teams.
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