Aho, signed the offer sheet because Carolina was trying to leverage him into signing for much less. It was the only leverage he could use given his contract situation.
It happened after Carolina made their negotiation strategy clear.
In my opinion, as long as we’re not trying to do the same thing there is no need for Chabot to entertain even looking at an offer sheet. Teams can offer whatever they want, and perhaps he’d prefer a front loaded 10x5, but we’d be able to offer a smaller bonus structure on a 9x8 or something.
As long as he continues to like the group and want to be part of the team, I imagine that he would be ok signing that kind of deal, for longer term and more money.
Remember, TC has to actually sign the sheet, and by all accounts he’s happy in Ottawa with BT and the boys. We can offer him a long term deal that would like cost MTL far too much to match on an offer sheet.
This situation is very unlikely, but it’s definitely better for TC to wait a bit to drive up his value.