Confirmed with Link: Finnish Aho signs offer sheet from Finnish Montreal (5 years, $8.54M AAV) - Part 2 (Mod warning #1)
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I think the world of Aho. I never thought he the Habs would offer sheet him given the cap space Carolina has. I like the gamble and I would have gone all in with a bigger stack. I feel a player like Aho is the type you can build around in the new NHL.
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
Waddell did mention wanting to hold up Bergevin's cap space.
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'Cause they certainly have the pressure from other teams to not do it. And if the Habs f*** up the Canes, the Canes can f*** up the Habs by not saying them right away so that they can't acquire anyboyd else for the next 7 days.
I Know I would do the exact same. Everything is legal. Signing RFA is legal. WAiting 7 days is legal.
Grate n Colorful Oz
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Nhl season ends on june 30th, so in all likelyhood, it's already paid up and on the books for last season.
HostileCapSpace
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Funniest part is that dude will get fired so Dundon can get enough cash to pay the bonus if they match.
Bobby Mac confirming again that the belief around the league is that the offer sheet wasn’t good enough and that Carolina will absolutely match.
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They have to go to the bank and find a co-signer for a loan. We make more in one year than they do in like a decade...
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You can bet I would make you wait the full week if you were OS'ing my players. Why the rush?
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Just LOL @ Bergevin thinking Aho actually signed the offer sheet because of his intention to play in Montreal.
Aho and his agent obviously used MTL to get a better deal.
Obviously CAR will match that relative bargain of a contract.
Go big or go home.
Aho and his agent obviously used MTL to get a better deal.
Obviously CAR will match that relative bargain of a contract.
Go big or go home.
If Carolina is sincere in their desire to keep Aho, they wouldn’t keep him in 7-day limbo and should make a decision sooner rather than later. If they are matching, no point pissing off your franchise player even more. Of course, they may had already made it clear to Aho they are matching and just want to piss MB off with the 7-days but I doubt that.
My guess is if this heads into the weekend, they aren’t matching.
My guess is if this heads into the weekend, they aren’t matching.
Spring in Fialta
A malign star kept him
Because it achieved precisely nothing and holds up our cap space. If you're going to OS Aho, right on. But make it ballsy. Make the compensation worth it. Don't pennies on the dollar such a franchise-altering move. He's PPG 21 year-old center. Go all in or not at all.
Because 1) they can screw MB over by tying his hands for the duration and 2) it's their face of the franchice - they will want to milk all publicity and entertainment out of it.
Why would they, when they can have the best of both worlds? Their fans know they will match because they have all but announced it publically and even making jokes about it. They would not be making those if they weren't going to match and that will be enough for the fans to remain calm. And they get free press. They need it.
CheldishGamibno
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So what would have been your plan? Duchene at 10M? Lee at 8M? He can't grab UFAs by the arm and make them sign here, and these salaries are insanity.
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I get what you are saying but I can't help it.........................I have to hope.
I just have to, can't take the position we constantly find ourselves in these days much longer, Aho is an impact player and gives us a hell of a kick start to getting back into relevant status again.
Must.........................keep.......................................hope.
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I think they would’ve matched anything but 4 1st-round picks going back.
Too bad this didn’t happen under Carolina’s old ownership
Well, I'm not going to hysterically beseech Bergevin to make a move and not celebrate when he does it. This was the right move.
You can have 'Billionaire' status without being particularly liquid. Seems he's tied up with a football league lawsuit.
Maybe this Aho thing was just a warning...lol near 20 HRS LATER, WIKI SAYS HE STILL is ours...
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They can say “shove it” so to speak to Montreal by making them wait the full 7 days and accept. Hell I’d do the same thing.
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First, everybody in the league sayd that we didn't give the best offer to hope to get him? And then, let say he would, I then would have said bravo....but in no way shape or form should we applaud a GM for trying somsething. It has to happen for succeeding in it.
I can't speak for anyone else, but I am pissed off because we had a chance at taking a shot at getting a great player for real and instead we just did a little prelude to "we tried". We have been hoping for a real 1C for decades and most of the time in reality we knew there was no chance. Today there really was. And MB plays lowball and there is no chance - none 0 zero etc. that Canes won't match.
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