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Originally Posted by Oling_Roachinen
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!
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Montreal tried to trade for him first and because perhaps Carolina knew that Montreal was going to offer sheet Aho.
Why not both? Aho had no motivation to rush into a deal with Carolina and we don't know where negotiations were at. Also spreading a rumour they wouldn't match a max bonuses contract wasn't challenging and wouldn't have any impact on their contract negotiation with Aho if an offer sheet never came around.
Perhaps it was as simple as Aho's agent that was trying to negotiate high bonuses and was told by Carolina they wouldn't consider giving Aho a contract that included bonuses so they told that to Montreal.