Adam Graves #9 of the New York Rangers (Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images)
What happened on September 3 in the history of the New York Rangers
The Carolina Hurricanes just made news when they signed Jesperi Kotkaniemi to a one-year, $6.1 million offer sheet. Now it’s up to the Montreal Canadiens to match that offer or accept compensation. On this date in 1991, the New York Rangers signed forward Adam Graves to an offer sheet, the only successful offer sheet signing in franchise history.
In those days, teams had no right to match a Group 1 Free Agent signing and there had to be compensation from the signing team.