Pretty much the whole point of Carolina doing this. Sending a message about what happens when a team tries to offersheet a Canes player that what goes around comes around. Difference is that Kotkaniemi isn't actually worth that cap hit whereas Aho's offersheet was barely market value for a point-per-game 1C in his early 20s.6M is actually a lot for him. I am sure he is matched, but this might screw up the Habs internal salary going forward as he will not want a paycut going forward.
The pettiness is hilarious.
The Canes should be thanking Bergevin for taking care of negotiations with Aho and getting them a great deal on him. But that wouldn't be as funny.
lots of fans getting their kicks here but mb INSTANTLY knew he would match and no doubt does so quickly
Yep They wanted 8 years and Who (Other then Aho) wouldn't have wanted that? Aho wanted 5 to get to FA status as reasonably fast as he could.. I don't blame him or Montreal for that. But the Canes front office didn't mind the AAV but I am SURE they Hated potentially losing 3 years of term..I never understood this line of thinking...if Carolina thought it was such a great deal wouldn’t they have just agreed to those terms anyway? They obviously thought they could do better
KK is not a bad player. He didn't play to his potential upto this point.Hilarious. If Montreal doesn’t match I can’t wait to see the fanbase who pumped his tires say how bad he is.
as a Habs fan, i fully commend the Canes on this brilliant act of pettiness. i expect MB will match as i don't think the Canes would risk it if he weren't going to
Pretty much the whole point of Carolina doing this. Sending a message about what happens when a team tries to offersheet a Canes player that what goes around comes around. Difference is that Kotkaniemi isn't actually worth that cap hit whereas Aho's offersheet was barely market value for a point-per-game 1C in his early 20s.
Still think Montreal matches this because the return from Carolina (a third and a very late first rounder) isn't worth Kotkaniemi, but this will hurt them for resigning him long term.
They look fully in on stealing him. A warning shot would be something that hurts but does not take much thought to match.
I love that $20 signing bonus reference