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Originally Posted by topfiverecords
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.
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Carolina got the worse possible term in their eyes. Along with no discount on the AAV for conceding the term to Aho’s liking.
This was not a contract they liked.
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