Confirmed with Link: Canes officially match l'offre hostile from MTL for Aho

[Unsustainable]

Would you OS JP at 1y 2m?

 

[Roboturner913]

I still don’t think Tt left money on the table. He was rfa as well.

He was coming off a 64 point season and was playing at nearly a PPG clip well into the season when he signed the contract.

If he had waited until after the season to negotiate, he'd had a 76-point regular season under his belt, with proof that he didn't have to be chained to Aho's wing to be productive, and a solid playoff run, and has leveled up defensively as well. He's at least a $6.5 to $7 million player if we're negotiating his contract right now. Probably more than that, JMO.

I won't deny he has a second banana vibe about him, but even with that I have no doubt the Canes are getting the better of that contract.

To put it in perspective, he's making $600K less than Jordan Staal - on a contract Staal signed SEVEN YEARS AGO. And for all his defensive prowess, Staal has never come close to having a 60 point season, much less 70. (and I love Staal, this is not a bash on him)

 

[MinJaBen]

Would you OS JP at 1y 2m?

No.

 

[spockBokk]

Would you OS JP at 1y 2m?

No, but I’d trade McGinn for him.

 

[NotOpie]

He signed a contract with another team. We can take educated guesses on what his real reasons were but at the end of the day he clearly was 100% ok with pulling the pin off the grenade and tossing it in the middle of this mess - and completely accepting of whatever outcome.

Bleed, you and I will have to agree to disagree about this. The team had been saying for almost 2 months that they would match any offer sheet. When it came it that reasonable, it was the opposite of a grenade; it was a soap bubble. There's no doubt in my mind that Johansson played Bergevin on this as well as no doubt that Bergevin was 99% sure he wasn't going to get Aho with that offer.

And from what I'm told that's an item they want to bring up in the next cba again. I'd definitely be in favor

I think there will be incremental changes in contract length and concurrent RFA status length. If I were in charge I'd do a 6 year/5 year contract length and reduce the RFA status to 6 years.

As much as they hated the signing bonuses the first two seasons, I'd be willing to bet they're more upset that they now have Aho, TT and Pesce all coming due the same summer.

I've mentioned this multiple times. I think this is the thing that GMBC is kicking themselves over. Had they been a little more flexible, earlier in the process, they likely end up with a 6 year/$8.75 million per year deal.

With the 5 year precedent set, we're not in that bad of a position with Svech next year. a 5 or 6 year deal would be fine.

 

[Roboturner913]

Well, all I know are facts, and the fact is that Sebastian Aho signed a contract with the MIGHTY MONTREAL CANADIENS and NOT the lowly Carolina Hurricanes and we should not, SHOULD NOT!!!!! be feel happy, relieved, satisfied or any other emotion that is not dread about our franchise player leaving as soon as the 5 years is up, or pity at him for having to play in such an awful non-hockey place instead of beauteous 24 Cups having mecca of hockey that is Montreal.

 

[Lempo]

Well, all I know are facts, and the fact is that Sebastian Aho signed a contract with the MIGHTY MONTREAL CANADIENS and NOT the lowly Carolina Hurricanes and we should not, SHOULD NOT!!!!! be feel happy, relieved, satisfied or any other emotion that is not dread about our franchise player leaving as soon as the 5 years is up, or pity at him for having to play in such an awful non-hockey place instead of beauteous 24 Cups having mecca of hockey that is Montreal.

Non, mon ami. Sebastian Aho signed a notification (CBA Exhibit 6) with the Montreal Canadiens, that he will on a near-future date sign the attached relatively affordable, relatively long-term contract with the Montreal Canadiens if he won't sign the said contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Then he promptly signed the said contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.

 

[Roboturner913]

Non, mon ami. Sebastian Aho signed a notification (CBA Exhibit 6) with the Montreal Canadiens, that he will on a near-future date sign the attached relatively affordable, relatively long-term contract with the Montreal Canadiens if he won't sign the said contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.

Then he promptly signed the said contract with the Carolina Hurricanes.

This is really gonna disappoint some dude on the trade board bro.

You wanna break the news to him, or should I?

 

[Svechhammer]

This is really gonna disappoint some dude on the trade board bro.

You wanna break the news to him, or should I?

Warn me before you do so I can get the popcorn ready

 

[To Be Determined]

i'm loving that dude's mental gymkata.

'aho's agent said he wants to be in montreal. IT IS GOSPEL!'

'that aho statement where he says we wanted to be in raleigh? pfft, clearly made up by his lying agent, who also posts aho's social media content.'

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

i'm loving that dude's mental gymkata.

'aho's agent said he wants to be in montreal. IT IS GOSPEL!'

'that aho statement where he says we wanted to be in raleigh? pfft, clearly made up by his lying agent, who also posts aho's social media content.'

I just ignore the MB thread all together now. No sense to it.

If you do want to make a point though, just play the interview from Aho's agent where he says: "We all know most offer sheets don't work". He and Aho clearly knew that it would be matched going in.

 

[Svechhammer]

I love the "can we just stop with the theory that Aho used the Habs to get what he wanted in Carolina?"

like... my friends, that's literally what happened. Sorry it doesn't fit with the 'why would anyone want to actually stay in Raleigh, especially over Montreal' narrative up north, but man. This is some next level ostriching

 

[caniac247]

That Veronica chic on twitter has been fun. Poor girl just can’t let it go and honestly thinks Aho is now a prisoner in Carolina since we matched

 

[Svechhammer]

These idiots really actually now believe they stuck it to us by preventing us from negotiating an 8 year deal.

As if that was ever going to be on the table.

 

[RodTheBawd]

So who wants to do me a solid and photoshop Aho in a Montreal jersey? I need a new avatar.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

So who wants to do me a solid and photoshop Aho in a Montreal jersey? I need a new avatar.

While they are at it, they can do one of Svech in a MTL jersey for me?

 

[Roboturner913]

So who wants to do me a solid and photoshop Aho in a Montreal jersey? I need a new avatar.

I meant to do this a couple weeks ago and got sidetracked. I might give it a whirl later today

 

[CanesFanBudMan]

While they are at it, they can do one of Svech in a MTL jersey for me?

Dibs on Slavin in a MTL jersey

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

While they are at it, they can do one of Svech in a MTL jersey for me?

So who wants to do me a solid and photoshop Aho in a Montreal jersey? I need a new avatar.

If you guys don’t mind craptastic quality, here you go:

 

[Surrounded By Ahos]

Dibs on Slavin in a MTL jersey

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Slavin and Svech are pretty good, other than Svech's helmet.

 

[Lempo]

Oh my god, are we doing MTL avatars?

Now I want my fake id in French. McLovineau

 

[robbieberns]

I would love a TT in a MTL jersey if we’re all going to go in on this

 

[Lempo]

If you guys don’t mind craptastic quality, here you go:

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Needs more moustache.

 

[DaveG]

I like a good laugh as much as the next guy but I think we've run our course for now once we've gotten to the point of Photoshop