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Originally Posted by The Yen Man
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".
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It was one of Kypreos or Burke on with Jeff Blair yesterday that said Montreal had tried to make a trade with Carolina for Aho prior to the offer sheet and Kotkaniemi was the piece that Carolina wouldn’t budge on.