[News] Hurricanes officially match Aho offer sheet (5 years x $8.454 million)

[neo45]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
I'm told Sebastian Aho's $42.27, five-year offer sheet contains the maximum amount of signing bonus allowable.

That’ll piss Dundon right off. A lot of cash leaving within the next 13 months

[Ashasx]

This doesn't seem like nearly enough. Habs should have gone to the next compensation tier.

[opendoor]

Why are people talking like he hasn't signed it? As far as I know offer sheets never become public until they're accepted by the player.

[sureLoss]

compensation is a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd per CapFriendly

[SportsJunky]

Hey TheScorpion, thanks for helping out sureloss with these threads.

[nik-]

Finally a high end offer sheet!

[Rando]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Why are people talking like he hasn't signed it? As far as I know offer sheets never become public until they're accepted by the player.

The biggest thing is why would the Habs announce it if it's not signed?

[LGA]

That should be an easy match for the Canes

[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by opendoor

Why are people talking like he hasn't signed it? As far as I know offer sheets never become public until they're accepted by the player.

yup... aho has signed it...

forcing carolina to match it

smart putting a big chunk of the salary as bonus, a la Toronto's strategy

[btimbit]

Originally Posted by TheScorpion

Chris Johnston
@reporterchris
I'm told Sebastian Aho's $42.27, five-year offer sheet contains the maximum amount of signing bonus allowable.

Compensation is 1st+2nd+3rd

That could make matching it more difficult for the Canes. But I have to think this is just an attempt by Aho's camp to get Dundon to give him the 5 years he wanted

[TheScorpion]

Originally Posted by SportsJunky

Hey TheScorpion, thanks for helping out sureloss with these threads.

I didn't see it posted after like a minute so I figured I would

Amazing -- this is right under the threshold for the next level of compensation

[bubbsy]

If the habs land him for that comp, it's going to be an absolute steal, and i will be envious!

[MRCboicgy]

Originally Posted by sureLoss

compensation is a 1st, 2nd, and 3rd per CapFriendly

And that would all be in next year's draft, correct?

[dammage79]

Dundon has been a mizer so far. This may not get matched.

[sureLoss]

Habs hoping the signing bonuses turn Canes off on matching the offer sheet

Pierre LeBrun
@PierreVLeBrun
Breakdown of Aho offer sheet:
$11.3M SB plus 700k salary in Year 1;
$9.87M SB plus 700k salary in Year 2;
$6.95 SB plus 750k salary in Year 3;
$5.25 SB plus $750k in each of Year 4 and Year 5

[Textcritic]

Originally Posted by keenan87

So.. is this the number we expect for Tkachuk? A little less at 8 mil and 5 years..

I think this is the high-water mark. Tkachuk comes in somewhere between Aho @ 5 x $8.5 and Meir @ 4 x $6.

[SportsJunky]

Originally Posted by keenan87

So.. is this the number we expect for Tkachuk? A little less at 8 mil and 5 years..

Probably close to this.

[opendoor]

Originally Posted by Rando

The biggest thing is why would the Habs announce it if it's not signed?

Exactly. People are talking about offer sheets as if they're totally different from normal contracts. But they're just like any other contract that involves back and forth negotiation between the team and player, and once they agree on terms it's signed. Then the team that owns the RFA's rights gets the opportunity to match it.

[Brick]

I hope Montreal gets him.

[TheScorpion]

I cannot comprehend Carolina not matching this and letting their franchise star walk for mid-range picks, only one of which is a first. They need to bite the bullet here.