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I read somewhere that you have to have five things work out for an offer sheet to be signed with intent to work
1. The team that has to sign the player has to either not want the player on their roster, be unable to have the player, or rather have the compensation
2. The player has to want to leave, or at least not care about how his salary affects the team
3. The team sending the offer sheet has to be appealing to the player
4. The team sending the offer sheet has to have the necessary draft pick compensation
5. The team sending the offer sheet has to have the cap space to fit the player
There's only three players that seem worthy of any kind of offer sheet, and aren't signed up for arbitration:
1. Leon Draisaitl
2. Ryan Johansen
3. David Pastranak
There also aren't that many teams that have both the compensation and the cap space for players, along with a place the player wants to play. Furthermore, there's no indication that any of those players actually want to leave. Therefore, it's EXTREMELY unlikely any offer sheet will be sent (as much as we can hope for it), even though I can see at least a few situations where that investment may be worthwhile (Carolina, Montreal).
How do we fix offer sheets? I'm not sure.........