Ryan Kesler, Vancouver Canucks (Photo by: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)
It wouldn’t be the last time the Flyers tried an offer sheet. But they did it first back in 2006 with Ryan Kesler.
Signing players to offer sheets have become an unwritten rule in the NHL. You don’t do it. And teams have mostly followed that. The Flyers decided to change that up when they went after Ryan Kesler and the Vancouver Canucks.
Kesler, at the time, was 22-years-old and was a prized prospect on the Canucks roster. He was coming off his first full season in the NHL.