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Originally Posted by transplant99
I shouldn't listen to the guys who just matched the offer? Who should i listen too? Additionally, they now have their franchise C at a reasonable AAV, even if the bonuses weren't what they wanted. Sure they have to pay 21 M over the next year...but then they only have to fork out 21 over the following 4 years for a guy who is likely to be among the top point getters in the entire league.
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If the rumors are to be believed, the Canes wanted an 8 year / $6.5M deal. They probably weren't looking to front load with a ton of lockout-proof bonuses, either. But I'm sure they're thrilled about having their hand forced here. If The Canes were offering Aho this kind of money he'd have signed with them already.
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Originally Posted by transplant99
Which does what to help the Habs?
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You only get better relative to your competition. If your competition has less cap space to work with relative to you, that's an advantage. If they're losing top talent earlier than planned, that's also an advantage. Sure it's an advantage other teams benefit from as well, but this is still very much a zero sum game given the cap system and finite availability of talent. If offer sheets were more common you'd see this game theory play out to it's fullest potential. If anything GMs collude against players in this regard.