You’ll often hear free agent offer sheets are never extended to other teams’ RFAs because the NHL is an old boys’ club where everyone has each other’s back.
It may be an old boys’ club, but that’s not the real reason for the lack of offer sheets; the CBA system itself discourages offer sheets, as you need a particular situation where you can afford to (usually over)pay a player enough that it discourages his current team from matching; but the higher your offer, the more draft compensation you’ll have to give up if the team doesn’t match.
Which brings us to a rare bit of mid-August news in the NHL: The St.