‘We are the product’: From trade requests to offer sheets, NHLers control their fates like never before

Sep 17, 2026, 4:08 PM ET|Comments (0)

from Daily Faceoff (Frank Seravalli),

The two of them were in the car together, former pro defenseman Kenneth Carlsson behind the wheel, when the call came through to Leo’s phone on that fateful early-July day. The Philadelphia Flyers had rocked his world with an $18-million offer sheet, setting in motion a precedent-setting summer for the NHL. And the Carlssons couldn’t believe what they were hearing.

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