Players ineligible for 2025 offer sheets (10.2.c)

An offer sheet is a contract offered to a restricted free agent (RFA) by a team other than the player's current team. Check out the PUCKPEDIA OFFER SHEET TRACKER.

Only players classified as restricted free agents (RFAs) can sign offer sheets. Typically, RFAs have completed their entry-level contracts but haven't accrued enough NHL seasons or reached a certain age to become unrestricted free agents.  Only RFA's can receive offer sheets, players who have not yet qualified for RFA status (known as 10.2.c players) are not eligible for offer sheets.  To qualify for RFA status (and eligible to receive an offer sheet), a player must have the following experience:

Age means a Player's age on September 15 of the calendar year in which he signs his ELC, regardless of his actual age when he signs.
A player aged 18 or 19 earns a year of professional experience by playing ten (10) or more NHL Games in a given NHL Season, and a Player aged 20 or older (or who turns 20 between September 16 and December 31 of the year in which he signs his
ELC) earns a year of professional experience by playing ten (10) or more Professional Games under contract in a given League Year.

For the 2025 off-season, the following players are not eligible for offer-sheets (they are known as 10.2.c players):