Confirmed with Link: Finnish Aho signs offer sheet from Finnish Montreal (5 years, $8.54M AAV) - Part 2 (Mod warning #1)

[sandysan]

What’s the $250M thing?

The association of american football.
He was a big investor, the league went belly up in 8 games.
People who worked concessions for these games allegedly have not been paid.

He took a bath backing a very lame horse than ended up dying on the track before turn 2.

 

[Adam Michaels]

Just woke up. This was the last thing I was expecting lol. Good job Bergy.

What picks do we lose if Carolina doesn't match?

A 1st, a 2nd, and a 3rd.

 

[Runner77]

If ya take a look down the Canes roster...how many player you see with signing bonuses..lol...Man that gotta be a kick in the jewels for them...

Carolina Hurricanes - CapFriendly - NHL Salary Caps

Another indication of their lack of spending ability.

 

[sandysan]

Lot of people are really overlooking that in these 7 days MB and waddell can disuss side deals to make the ofeer more to Carolinas liking maybe why they arent matching right away

I am not one those people.
But I am kinda lonely out here.

 

[Habs Halifax]

Just woke up. This was the last thing I was expecting lol. Good job Bergy.

What picks do we lose if Carolina doesn't match?

2020 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Any chance they negotiate a trade or is that too late?

 

[ZUKI]

Yeah. Terrible day.

If MB really wanted Aho. He should have made a real offer, 10.5m$. You only have to give two first picks. And at least, it could have made the Canes think about it. A 1st, 2nd and 3rd thats bargain bin territory. Every insiders, knowledgeable fans and even nhl.com all agrees that Canes will match. So wtf?

It looks like a real setup between Bergevin and Waddell. So that Waddell can sign his player (because ownership was cheap at firsthand but now it is forced to accept) and it makes Bergevin looks like he « tried ».

In the end, yeah its all make-up and smoke.

We wont have Aho in our oppening line-up; we didnt signed any good ufas; we lost shaw (20goals last year).

Yes we can replace Shaw internally with all our good prospects. But at the end of the day, MB failed again. His 1st plan was Duchene, his 2nd was « aho » or was it? And now we are stuck in lala land.

But their marketing team and their PR department arr probably really happy. Because MB’s image is at his top, Habs seems like an organisation that tries and les fefans are happy, even though we ended empty handed.

 

[Runner77]

Can any potential deal related to Aho between the Habs and Canes be directly tied to the offer sheet, or does it absolutely have to be a side deal? If it's a side deal, is it not like a sort of CBA circumvention? Bergevin said during his presser he couldn't talk trade. Just wondering...

Cannot be tied to the offer sheet. MB was adamant about this.

 

[sandviper]

Yup, Aho is gone in five years.

Agreed. If Carolina matches, and barring anything crazy like 2-3 cup wins in the next five years while loading up on half of Team Finland, Aho is out of there for nothing in five years.

 

[Stive Morgan]

2020 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Any chance they negotiate a trade or is that too late?

I'm assuming the Canes match and then negotiations begin from there. Apparently Aho really wants to be a Hab?

 

[Grate n Colorful Oz]

You guys really do just look for the negative side to everything lol

"You" guys??? Lol

 

[Captain Mountain]

I hear a lot of big talk from Carolina's side, but see little actual ink on paper.

They may just want to wait the 7 days to make Montreal sweat and tie up their cap.

Not that I think Montreal actually cares.

 

[habsfan891]

I'm assuming the Canes match and then negotiations begin from there. Apparently Aho really wants to be a Hab?

They cant match and then trade him itll have to be a side deal for other players where we let Carolina get a huge win in return for not matching

 

[jaffy27]

We will not get aho

June 30th: We will not offersheet anyone, it never happens.

 

[sandysan]

2020 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Any chance they negotiate a trade or is that too late?

A trade for aho? That ship has sailed.
Trade for anyone not named Aho?Aho
Yes, yes we can.

 

[Habaneros]

They may just want to wait the 7 days to make Montreal sweat and tie up their cap.

Not that I think Montreal actually cares.

we got 14 million we can spend right now....we are not tied in any way...

 

[Justin11]

Lot of people are really overlooking that in these 7 days MB and waddell can disuss side deals to make the offer more to Carolinas liking maybe why they arent matching right away

Not sure side deals happen anymore. It is what it is and Waddell seemed visibly very upset.

It’s a dog eat dog business.

 

[Gustave]

I'm assuming the Canes match and then negotiations begin from there. Apparently Aho really wants to be a Hab?

Can’t.

Side deal needs to be negotiated so that the Canes don’t match. So, within a week.

 

[sandviper]

2020 1st, 2nd, 3rd

Any chance they negotiate a trade or is that too late?

Sort of. Say right now, MB offers Suzuki, 2021 and 2022 first for Carolina’s 2022 first, while Carolina does NOT match, they can do that.

 

[BenchBrawl]

They may just want to wait the 7 days to make Montreal sweat and tie up their cap.

Not that I think Montreal actually cares.

Way to send a signal to your fanbase just out of vengeful spite.Stupid move.

Montreal have nothing to lose, they weren't going to be contenders anyway.We are in a rebuild.

 

[Runner77]

We cant because our compensation picks are used up on Aho for now

I understood that MB could still offersheet but since his 2020 picks are in play, a new offersheet would simply dip into picks of another year if any of the 2020 picks are unavailable.

 

[sandysan]

I'm assuming the Canes match and then negotiations begin from there. Apparently Aho really wants to be a Hab?

They match, they can't trade him for a year.

 

[habsfan891]

Not sure side deals happen anymore. It is what it is and Waddell seemed visibly very upset.

It’s a dog eat dog business.

I agree he seemed really upset i just cant decide if its because he was bluffing about his owner willing to match any contract or not

 

[BargainBinSpecial]

The Canes will match this. The whole 21 million dollars in the first year was a good ploy by MB but the Canes owner is loaded and will throw everything at Aho. Waddell will make MB stress until the last minute. Wether Aho remains with the Hurricanes after a year, that is another topic we can discuss when the time comes. The Canes will not let their franchise player walk and the owner knows he has more to lose by letting him go, plain and simple. MB send a message that he is serious about winning and spending, I believe this why this move was made. Hopefully, other tight cap teams reach out to the Habs now. MB has nothing to lose.

 

[Le Tricolore]

They may just want to wait the 7 days to make Montreal sweat and tie up their cap.

Not that I think Montreal actually cares.

That isn't why they're waiting. It wouldn't matter anyway. The Habs could go 10% over the cap. If they 100% knew they'd be matching, it'd get done within a day or two I'd think.

 

[OnTheRun]

Another indication of their lack of spending ability.

Most of their contracts pre-date their current owner or come from other teams tho.