KrazyGangsta 79 Report post Posted July 1, 2011 I was wondering, assuming if a team we're to offer Stamkos 7-8 million per year and obviously Tampa Bay would eventually match that offer. Would Stamkos have the right to chose with whom he can sign with or his obliged to sign with Tampa Bay? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bump 20 Report post Posted July 1, 2011 No, the team that holds the RFA rights gets the player. Players are the property of their team until they reach unrestricted free agency. In your example, if Stamkos gets to restricted free agency without a contract agreement with Tampa and signs an offer sheet with another team, Tampa could match that offer and would keep the player. The choice is Tampa's alone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
55fan 5,133 Report post Posted July 1, 2011 Yep, Bump is correct. It's section 10.3 of the CBA, included herein for your reading pleasure: 10.3 Offer Sheet and First Refusal Procedures. (a) When a Restricted Free Agent receives an offer to sign an SPC from any Club (the "New Club") other than his Prior Club, which offer the Player desires to accept, he shall give to the Prior Club, in accordance with Exhibit 3 hereto, a completed certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit 6 attached hereto (the "Offer Sheet"), signed by the Restricted Free Agent and the New Club, which shall contain the "Principal Terms" (as defined below) as well as all other terms of compensation of the New Club's offer. The Prior Club, within seven (7) days after the date it receives the Offer Sheet,may exercise or not exercise its Right of First Refusal, which shall have the legal consequence set forth below. Once an Offer Sheet for a Restricted Free Agent has been received by the Prior Club, the Prior Club may not Trade or otherwise Assign its Right of First Refusal for such Restricted Free Agent. (b) If the Prior Club gives the Restricted Free Agent and his Certified Agent, if any, notice, in accordance with Exhibit 3 hereto, that it is exercising its Right of First Refusal (a "First Refusal Exercise Notice"), such notice to be substantially in the form of Exhibit 7 attached hereto, to the Player's and his Certified Agent's, if any, address or facsimile number listed on the Offer Sheet, if any, within the seven (7) day period, such Restricted Free Agent and the Prior Club shall be deemed to have entered into a binding agreement, which they shall promptly formalize in an SPC, containing: (i) all the Principal Terms (subject to subsection (e) below); and (ii) such additional terms as may be agreed upon between the Restricted Free Agent and the Prior Club. The Prior Club may not Trade that Restricted Free Agent for a period of one year from the date it exercises its Right of First Refusal. © If the Prior Club does not give the Restricted Free Agent the First Refusal Exercise Notice within the seven (7) day period, the Player and the New Club shall be deemed to have entered into a binding agreement, which they shall promptly formalize in an SPC, containing all of the terms contained in the Offer Sheet, and the Restricted Free Agent's Prior Club shall receive from the New Club the Draft Choice Compensation, if any, specified in Section 10.4 below. It goes on, but I think this answers the question at hand. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites