doesnt it interest anyone that we have more RFA offers in a single season then the NHL will have in a decade or maybe has had in its entire history?
Yes, it's interesting - although that's less a criticism of our HFNHL GMs than it is a reflection of the limited imagination of NHL GMs. It seems very much to be an unwritten rule among teams that Offer Sheets are frowned upon, because a) you're driving contracts up, which doesn't make the governors very happy, and b) you're actually spending assets (in terms of picks or negotiated compenation) to do so. Mostly, although I think GMs consider it messing with another team - it's like they're saying "competitive bids on UFAs, fair game, but don't touch my team's players!".
Although we did see a good offer sheet this summer from San Jose on Chicago's Hjalmarsson, which Chicago matched (at some cost to their cap). I guess it's okay if you do it to the Stanley Cup winners, since they already have their cup?
Maybe it's a sign that NHL GMs are finally waking up to the utility of the RFA offer, but it won't matter much since we'll be on to a new CBA (or new work interruption) before the bulk of the old boys network has a change of thinking.
i signed all my RFA before the end of the season so that I didnt get my **** all tied up with with stupid RFA offers!
You and me both, man. I plan my RFA offers out a couple of years in advance, to make sure I'll have room - or that I can make room. Unless there's a player I do not care if I lose, and his contract is over the useful compensation threshold, I'm going to make every reasonable effort extend him in-season.
