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Originally Posted by cannon7
1. He forced a contract onto a competitor. Both with a sum and a term they did not want. Don't listen to the BS coming out of Raleigh, they did not want these terms.
2. A top talent is now guaranteed to become a UFA in five years (unless he extends, which is unlikely). Habs took three UFA years for a top talent away from a competitor. Could have had four, but I suspect Aho wanted more term.
3. What did it cost? A week of having some picks/cap tied up after all the UFAs they wanted were signed? Peanuts.
This is very shrewd of Bergevin. You have to be very shortsighted not to see why. Toronto and Tampa are likely even more vulnerable here.
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Bergevin will have to pay a premium for Kotkaniemi and hope that Poehling and Juulsen don't have a break thru year.