Confirmed with Link: Kotkaniemi Offer Sheet

[A Star is Burns]

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

It's not just AAV. Because of arbitration this sets KK's future years at ~6 mil at least. Carolina nuked KKs cost controlled years. They'll have to re evaluate their cap structure now. Not cataclysmic, but a pita. Not 100% certain Montreal matches. Maybe 80%?

 

[895]

I respect the pettiness but if Montreal lets him go doesn't that kind of screw you guys?

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

It’s a long con to get Suzuki next year

 

[hblueridgegal]

Ah the theatrics

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Please accept Montreal because trading a 1st and a 3rd for KK wouldn’t be great

 

[A Star is Burns]

I respect the pettiness but if Montreal lets him go doesn't that kind of screw you guys?

It will leave us with something to figure out. Still most likely with Gardiner. But we have been thought to need another forward.

 

[Unsustainable]

Lmao.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Also beautiful they locked up Svech before pulling this off. Of course, now gotta watch out for Necas maybe!

 

[MinJaBen]

GTFOH. So ridiculous and why? A. He isn’t worth that
2. We’d be in some issues with cap unless Gardiner is going LTIR.

A+ for pettiness though

I don't think that is true. If Gardiner doesn't go LTIR I think they can make it work by just burying Gardiner in the AHL. It would be tight all year like last year, but I think they could swing it.

 

[Finlandia WOAT]

Montreal doesn't match, then off-season 2022 fire Jstaal into the sun and re sign KK at 5.5 or 6 mil aav long term to be the new slightly overpaid 2/3 guy.

Foolproof

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I don't think that is true. If Gardiner doesn't go LTIR I think they can make it work by just burying Gardiner in the AHL. It would be tight all year like last year, but I think they could swing it.

Burying him in Chicago would only save 1.15 million, still less than 6.1

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Also beautiful they locked up Svech before pulling this off. Of course, now gotta watch out for Necas maybe!

My guess is that they did the math on current sheetable players before they made the deal

 

[Brock Anton]

The $20 signing bonus is an incredible level of pettiness I didn’t know existed. A+ stuff there.

 

[57special]

Montreal doesn't match, then off-season 2022 fire Jstaal into the sun and re sign KK at 5.5 or 6 mil aav long term to be the new slightly overpaid 2/3 guy.

Foolproof

Nino's 5.25M contract is up after this year, too.

You guys really know how to make hockey relevant in August!

 

[A Star is Burns]

I honestly don't know if I'd match this if I'm Montreal.

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

Unless he is prime for a blow up in production giving him 6 million is an incredibly dumb waste of cap space and 2 good picks. .33 ppg production in 171 games.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Unless he is prime for a blow up in production giving him 6 million is an incredibly dumb waste of cap space and 2 good picks. .33 ppg production in 171 games.

I can only assume in the case we get him, they see him as a player ready to grow.

 

[A Star is Burns]

Just saw it pointed out the draft is in Montreal next year. An unprotected pick might be quite welcome for the Habs.

 

[Skinnyjimmy08]

The $20 signing bonus is an incredible level of pettiness I didn’t know existed. A+ stuff there.

It's soooo not the usual boring robotic NHLness

This is unbelievable

 

[Nikolajs Sillers]

They re-signed Svechnikov and gone wild.

 

[TheReelChuckFletcher]

The Canes likely see Kotkaniemi as a future two-way star at center. He certainly looked very good this postseason. Still, though, I think this is hilarious. It's the one offer sheet out there that doesn't break any unwritten NHL rules. You offer sheet Aho, then a retaliatory one is simply karma. It certainly seems like a move, though, done because they know that Gardiner is going on LTIR soon.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

You guys are alright.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Please accept Montreal because trading a 1st and a 3rd for KK wouldn’t be great

It's worth it from a game theory perspective, I think. I don't actually care that much one way or the other if we get JK, but other teams will be *very* careful about offer sheeting Canes players in the future.

There's a reason that offer sheets are rare, and this is it.

 

[Paddyjack]

I honestly don't know if I'd match this if I'm Montreal.

You are correct, I'm not sure we will. A first round pick is actually good return for us, and KK was really a question mark going forward that was dividing the fan base. If I was Bergy, I would use that pick to make a trade for a more stable second line centre.