if negotiations are progressing positively, there's no reason to sign and offer unless its something way above what the current teams is willing to pay.
the problem is that strategy can break your own team's salary structure, which is one of the reasons why the Habs didn't offer more for Aho...
ultimately, Tkachuk has to sign an offer sheet - as long as progress is being made, there's no reason to do that... if both sides' heels are dug in, then offer sheets can used to move the process forward.
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