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Originally Posted by Mull
So you noted RFA can negotiate with other teams.
All RFA can do this, just cost of acquisition is high due to the offer sheet picks? I didn’t know that. I always though offer sheets were blind
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Not all, as I noted some college guys can't if the burn a year off their ELC. There are different classes of RFA.
The other thing on Arbitration is that most players need at least 4 accrued seasons or to be at least 24 to have those rights. 18-20 you need 4 seasons, and it slides from there to a 24 year old needing at least 1 season.
So Nylander or Tkachuck off their ELC's both had 3 years and were younger than 24. So no arbitration rights for player or team. But they could sign offer sheets. Just that offer sheets only work when a players salary is massively inflated like Kotkiniemi last year.