The only real thing Carolina lost was the ability to negotiate Aho's contract on their terms, and let the Habs control it. At the end of the day, Carolina gets their guy, even if the term is shorter or dollars a bit more than they wanted. For all we know, maybe 5 years would have been what he ended up signing for with Carolina anyways.
Will this cause resentment between the Canes and the Habs, or the Canes and Aho? Those are harder to measure, and I guess time will tell. But to say Canes lost because Aho's eventually going to leave them, or it kills their internal cap at this point is all just conjecture IMO.
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