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Originally Posted by FanSince'01
It's a true statement according to the NHL's rules on which players can be offer-sheeted. One of the rules is that only forwards and d-men (with 3 years of service or more) who have played at least 80 games are eligible for an offer sheet.
So yes, the Oilers screwed themselves by playing him in 2 meaningless games at the end of the year and putting him at 81 games played, making him eligible for an offer sheet.
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I heard it was since deleted because it's not games played but games on the roster. I can't seem to confirm if that's right or not. Only thing I can find is a minimum of 80 games played for forwards or defenceman with three seasons.
Searching around I came across this. For a player who has 3 pro seasons this does seem to make sense...
A player needs 3 professional season to be eligible to Group 2 RFA. A professional season is 10 pro games when the player is 20 years old or older.
Broberg played 59 pro games in 2021-2022, 62 pro games in 2022-2023 and 73 pro games in 2023-2024.