bleedgreen
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Why is he gone in five years?Canes got their franchise C for 5 years instead of 8, he's 100% gone in 5 years (Huge negative for Canes) to FA in what is likely going to be a another huge payday. Well played by Aho.
Why is he gone in five years?Canes got their franchise C for 5 years instead of 8, he's 100% gone in 5 years (Huge negative for Canes) to FA in what is likely going to be a another huge payday. Well played by Aho.
Canes got their franchise C for 5 years instead of 8, he's 100% gone in 5 years (Huge negative for Canes) to FA in what is likely going to be a another huge payday. Well played by Aho.
Not a lot of Habs fans thought this would work, no risk/high reward play, Aho signed the 'lowball' offer and his agent went public with him wanting out, it wasn't a theory it was an amazing tactic by his agent who I'm sure orchestrated the whole thing including feeding our GM fake intel the Canes wouldn't/couldn't come up with cash for a front loaded dealYou have to understand what this looked like from our side.
Imagine you're sitting there on July 1st talking about backup goalies and 3rd line wingers as usual, and all of a sudden some team comes screeching in hot with an offer sheet on your top player.
Not only that, but the rationale for this offer sheet is "This actually isn't very much money for the player, but we'll make it all due at the same time -- because YOUR team can't afford it. You can either lose your top player, or face financial ruin!"
And then the media/fans from that city pile on with a bunch of theories about how the player really wants out, how the owner is on the verge of bankruptcy, how they are willing to give some B-list prospects if you're willing to just make a trade and get it over with. Again, all based on the idea that your organization is garbage and ripe for the picking.
Think about how that would ****ing feel as a fan of your club.
... and then the next day, your owner calls a press conference. Not only does he match the offer, he openly laughs at and mocks the GM who tried to take advantage of him. He makes it very clear that anyone who thinks they're going to pin him down on cash-flow is sorely mistaken. He basically wipes his ass with the offer sheet in front of the entire world, and makes it 100% clear that the player is part of the team for the long haul.
Now think about how THAT would ****ing feel as a fan of your club.
That's where the "arrogance" is coming from. If you don't like seeing your team get dunked on, find a GM who won't pull lame ass stunts against teams he underestimates.
You have Miller and Point. Neither Tampa or Toronto will likely blink at matching front-loaded, bonus heavy contracts (particularly the Leafs), and it looks like after their recent trades Toronto has indeed carved out enough cap space to overpay Marner if needs be. Not sure about the Lightning with Point though.
I think the big issue is that the Habs are likely having to tender an offer that is over that $10.5 million cap hit and be willing to eat losing four 1sts as compensation to make either Toronto or Tampa seriously consider not marching.
With how fast he signed that offer sheet, easily 100%.
Give it a rest, he's likely to stay in 5 years. This isn't a Trouba situation no matter how much you want to paint it as one.Canes got their franchise C for 5 years instead of 8, he's 100% gone in 5 years (Huge negative for Canes) to FA in what is likely going to be a another huge payday. Well played by Aho.
If I am an RFA right now I wait and see what happens. Most of these young guys want to get to UFA as soon as possible and this situation gives them huge leverage to be able to get that kind of contract. I don't think any team out there wants to pay a big cap hit for a shorter term contract that brings a star to UFA right away.
I’m bored with this now.
They matched.
Shows over.
Next.
To be fair Aho might be the best deal in the league at 8.5M.
I picture them all falling backwards like someone dropped a grenade on the boardroom table to be honest.
How about a game of basketball?
Or maybe, they'll do this.
...he's 100% gone in 5 years (Huge negative for Canes) to FA in what is likely going to be a another huge payday.
Oh nice, the sport where restricted free agents take sheets all the time and nobody acts like it's theft or a player rejecting their current team.
Gods no.How about a game of basketball?
Why is he gone in five years?
Mackinnon at 6.3 >> McDavid at 12.5Aho at 8.5 >>> Matthews at 11.6
Not a lot of Habs fans thought this would work, no risk/high reward play, Aho signed the 'lowball' offer and his agent went public with him wanting out, it wasn't a theory it was an amazing tactic by his agent who I'm sure orchestrated the whole thing including feeding our GM fake intel the Canes wouldn't/couldn't come up with cash for a front loaded deal
No Habs fans are ********* today, we had 2 targets in free agency, Duchene was always going to Nashville and they bought a lottery ticket on Aho that didn't win. Our GM never went full Simple Jack with $50MM contracts to 50 pt players (well yet anyways) which is also a win so the longer they hold off officially matching is appreciated. 99% of the fan base wanted our GM fired for at least the last 2 years so you're not pulling on any heart strings there
You should all be happy you don't have to go through a hold out now
Montreal mean business.
They're coming to offersheet your children.
The weak franchises can relocate for all we care.
If there's one thing you can count on in life, it's the breathless desperation of the Quebecois media members tripping over each other to see who can be the first to make a total fool of himself.