sveiglar said:The all-too-easy Ranger bashing aside, what happens if a team makes offers to two high-profile RFAs and gets both of them? If they owed a handful of firsts to two different teams, do they have to mutually decide (between the three of them) which years go to which teams, or is there a mechanism in place to decide it?
Or, for that matter, can you make an offer sheet if you've traded away all your draft picks for the coming years?
It isnt possible to make offer sheets to two RFAs, especially of Nash and Lecavalier's calibre, at the same time. As has been mentioned, you have to have the draft picks, and most importantly, they have to be your picks, you cant trade for someone else's draft picks to meet the requirements. The Rangers could have tried to go after Nash, lost, then went after Lecavalier, but if they got Nash, they would not have had the ability to sign Lecavalier.
And, if his record at the draft table is any indication, Sather hasnt been brilliant since the 80s. He had that one spectacular draft that set up the Oilers dynasty and has lived off of it ever since. Sather was one of the primary reasons why the Oilers were a mediocre to awful hockey club throughout the 90s.