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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
This quote and the talk that Montreal had some sort of intel that the bonus structure would be the poison, I've been wondering if that wasn't a genius strategy by Carolina leaking that false information that they were worried about max bonuses. That had a team try to structure the deal around a reasonable AAV and term with max bonus structure instead of thinking that it would take an unreasonable AAV to get the player.
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Wait. What?
If Carolina tricked Montreal and Aho into signing this deal by some genius move, the question becomes "Why?". Carolina could have just offered Aho the deal in that case.
The only reason Aho would not accept the same deal he signed from Montreal is if he was trying to get out of Carolina somehow, and that means in 5 years he's gonzo. Nothing particular points to this being a ploy by Carolina.
Unless Carolina and Aho colluded knowing they could tie up capspace and draft picks for a week from Montreal!