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Originally Posted by Strange Brew
OK I will use some logic. Logic tells me that very, very few players are totally untouchable. Sebastian Aho is probably not one of them. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd weren't going to get it done and if you go back and read my post, I suggested that if Montreal were serious about acquiring him, they would look to sweeten the compensation.
This was in essence an attempt to trade for Aho and the front loaded offer sheet was an element to that.
I'm not saying it would have happened, just that it was a course of action available to Montreal.
As SN said, we simply don't know what it would have taken, if anything.
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If Montreal was actually serious about acquiring him, then they wouldn't have put forth that laughable offer sheet in the first place. It's like they did the negotiations for Carolina. That was the number that the Canes were probably going come in close to, give or take a few hundred grand and / or a year or two in term. So why wouldn't the Canes match it?
If Montreal wanted to "sweeten the pot", then they should have negotiated a trade and extension with Carolina in the first place rather than go the give a joke of an offersheet. The fact that they did, Waddell probably told Bergervan "You want to sweeten the deal? Give me your 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and Kotkaniemi and maybe we'll talk. Otherwise, eff off".