The Dec 1 RFA deadline, Turris, and offer sheets

[tmg]

We know that if Turris isn't signed by Dec 1 he can't play in the NHL this year.

We know that if a team extends him an offer sheet, Phoenix has 7 days to either match, or yield and receive compensatory picks.


What I don't know is what happens when those timelines overlap. If a team extends Turris an offer sheet on Nov 28 (...can they?), does Phoenix have to make its match-or-yield decision before Dec 1 if they want him to play this year? Or does the offer sheet date count as the date of the contract even if they take until Dec 4 to match the offer?

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[kdb209]

We know that if Turris isn't signed by Dec 1 he can't play in the NHL this year.

We know that if a team extends him an offer sheet, Phoenix has 7 days to either match, or yield and receive compensatory picks.


What I don't know is what happens when those timelines overlap. If a team extends Turris an offer sheet on Nov 28 (...can they?), does Phoenix have to make its match-or-yield decision before Dec 1 if they want him to play this year? Or does the offer sheet date count as the date of the contract even if they take until Dec 4 to match the offer?

The Dec 1 deadline is the drop dead date for registering the SPC with the League - and is independent of the RFA Offer Sheet process.

11.4 Signing Deadline for Group 2 Free Agent. An SPC for a Group 2 Free Agent
will be rejected and will be null and void ab initio (i.e., the Player's Free Agency and
contractual status shall revert to the status he held prior to signing his SPC), if it is not
signed and filed with Central Registry by 5:00 p.m. New York time on December 1 in the
then current NHL Season.

An Offer Sheet is NOT an SPC - it is merely an agreement to sign one.

A team signing Turris to an Offer Sheet cannot finalize that into an SPC until either 7 days pass or Phoenix indicates to the League it's intention not to match(*). If a team signs Turris to an Offer Sheet after Nov 24, the 'Yotes could match or decline to match by the Dec 1 deadline or do nothing and let the clock run out - in which case Kyle sits out a year and the 'Yotes retain his RFA rights.

(*) Note that there is no explicit mechanism in the CBA whereby a team can decline to match and allow the RFA to be signed before the end of the 7 day window - but the League has permitted this in the past.

 

[LadyStanley]

Moot point now as Turris has signed a two year deal with Phoenix.