[Robbob]

Originally Posted by getbak

Hurricanes will match "within the timeframe allowed by the League's Collective Bargaining Agreement": https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/...ho/c-308167146


In other words, it might take a few days for the paperwork to get filed with the league.

Yeah, I think they will take the entire 7 days to file the paperwork to the NHL. Holds up the picks so Montreal can't offer another offer sheet until after the weekend. At the very least it gives the teams with RFAs a little breather.