Recently Elliotte Friedman posted the draft pick compensation if a team signed a restricted free agent to an offer sheet. The draft picks have to be the teams own and they can not use an acquired pick.
| Average Annual value | Compensation |
| Less than $1,205,377 | Nothing |
| $1,205,377-to-$1,826,328 | Third-round pick |
| $1,826,328-to-$3,652,659 | Second-round pick |
| $3,652,659-to-$5,478,986 | First and third-round picks |
| $5,478,986-to-$7,305,316 | First, second and third-round picks |
| $7,305,316-to-$9,131,645 | Two firsts, a second and third-round picks |
| $9,131,645 or greater | Four first-round picks |
Chris Nichols of Today’s Slapshot: Agent Steve Bartlett on WGR Radio 550.
“Well, as I said way back when the Vanek one kind of broke through that barrier, I think the biggest disincentive in years past were that teams just figured everybody was going to match. But the reality is the tighter the cap, the tighter teams are against the cap, it does open up more and more opportunity for a player to get an offer sheet and the team, no matter how much they would like to keep him, will not be in a position to match.
“So if I was guessing, I don’t think there’s going to be a huge explosion of them, but I think there may be more and more situations where a player with a team who can’t afford to even pay him what would be considered reasonable market value may have to turn to hoping he can get an offer sheet in order to get that because his own existing team can’t afford to match or meet the offer that he may get.”