Elliotte Friedman was on Edmonton’s 630 CHED on Friday afternoon.

As part of this discussion: Friedman on Hamilton Offer Sheet, Revenge Factor

“But here’s a story I will tell you. Right before the last lockout in 2013, the Vancouver Canucks were considering putting an offer sheet on for Jamie Benn. And this is a story I worked on for a long time, trying to find out exactly what they were trying to do. I’ve never proven it, but my guesstimate is it’s this – that they were looking at a one-year deal in the $7-7.5 million range.

“And what that meant is that Dallas was going to have to match it for like three years. They were simply going to have to go out and until he became an unrestricted free agent, they were going to have to match it every year. And that was going to be about three years.

“At the end of the day, the Canucks didn’t do it for two reasons. No. 1, they didn’t know what the new rules were going to be in the CBA, so that was one. And the second reason was they also thought they would match it – Dallas would. And all of the sudden, you’d be looking at every guy and every guy was going to be going up. And you’re not going to make that effort unless you’re getting the player.

“So I look at the situation and I say, ‘What kind of offer sheet are they going to be able to make where you actually might look at it and say Boston won’t match.’ I don’t think teams are really going to do it unless they think Boston isn’t going to match.”

Source: 630 CHED/ Transcript: Nichols