New Jersey Devils Tender Offer Sheet To Utah Mammoth RFA Barrett Hayton
The New Jersey Devils tendered an offer sheet to Utah Mammoth RFA Barrett Hayton on the opening day of free agency.
The offer sheet is for one year at $4,775,000.
Utah has seven days to decide whether or not to match the contract. If the Mammoth pass on it, New Jersey must provide a 2027 second-round draft pick as compensation.
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Offer sheets are uncommon in the NHL. The last ones came in 2024 when the St. Louis Blues signed Dylan Holloway and Phillip Broberg from the Edmonton Oilers, which decided not to match the deals and picked up a second-rounder and third-rounder as compensation.
The previous team to match an offer sheet was the Carolina Hurricanes in 2019. They matched a five-year, $42.27-million contract for their top center, Sebastian Aho, instead of letting him go to the Montreal Canadiens.
Utah has the room to match Hayton's contract and still have about $3.7 million in cap space left over, according to PuckPedia.
The Devils, meanwhile, would still have about $3 million in cap space if their offer sheet is successful.
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This story was originally published July 1, 2026 at 7:05 PM.