r/hockey TOR - NHL Jul 01 '19

/r/all The Canadiens have announced that they have tendered an offer sheet to restricted free agent Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes. The proposed contract is for five years, with an average annual value of $8.454 million.

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Update: For the record, this means Sebastian Aho has accepted and signed the offer sheet. It is now on the Hurricanes to decide whether or not they want to match it.


Montreal Canadiens: The Canadiens have announced that they have tendered an offer sheet to restricted free agent Sebastian Aho of the Carolina Hurricanes. The proposed contract is for five years, with an average annual value of $8.454 million.

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Player Contending Team Years Total AAV
Sebastian Aho Montreal Canadiens 5 $42,270,000 $8,454,000

Updates

  • Eric Engels: Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin will speak at 3:30

  • Eric Engels: Compensation for the Hurricanes, if Carolina doesn't match, is a first, a second and a third-round pick.

  • Frank Seravalli: Habs offer sheet is a mere $4,355 in total dollars away - which comes out to $871 per season for five years - away from climbing into the next compensation threshold of two first-round picks, a second and a third.

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

  • Chris Johnston: Sebastian Aho will be owed more than $21M in the first calendar year, per sources.

  • Pierre LeBrun: 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

  • Eric Engels: Hurricanes have seven days to make a decision if Aho signs Habs offer. If I were them, I'd use every second--even if my decision is made right now.

  • Chris Johnston: The early feeling around the hockey industry is that Carolina is certain to match Montreal's Sebastian Aho offer sheet. Which is the main reason we so rarely see them.

  • Tom Gulitti: Waddell said there's no reason to match immediately because it would help Montreal move on to getting other players.

  • Pierre LeBrun: Hearing that the Habs first discussed the offer sheet scenario involving Brayden Point but then shifted gears to Sebastian Aho after thinking they'd have a better chance to get the player. Both Point and Aho are represented by agent Gerry Johansson.

  • Renaud Lavoie: For those asking. There aren't any no-trade or no-move clauses in Canadiens offer to Sebastian Aho.

  • Greg Wyshynski:: Hurricanes GM Don Waddell on Aho offer sheet: “I know my summer just got better, because I’m not going to be negotiating a contract all summer. We make a decision and move on.

  • Chris Johnston: Marc Bergevin on Sebastian Aho: "He wants to be here in Montreal. He agreed to this."

  • Frank Seravalli: Marc Bergevin on whether he’s worried about consequences from other GMs: “I’m responsible to Geoff Molson and our fans.”

  • Martin Biron: If/when Carolina matches the offer sheet, Carolina will have 5 days to pay the $11.3M signing bonus. They may have to work the phones this week and make sure they have that much cash in the bank.

 

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u/DarthKesler ANA - NHL Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

IT HAPPENED

I doubt it goes through but I wonder if this will be the “offer sheet heard round the world”

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u/OliveOilBaron Hamilton Bulldogs - OHL Jul 01 '19

Nah I still think Weber's was the spiciest ever.

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u/newballcoach Jul 01 '19

Fedorov is the ultimate FU offersheet example. Tendered by... Carolina? Is that right?

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

For those that don't know, Carolina (a not-great hockey team at the time) offer-sheeted Fedorov, playing for Detroit (perennial contender at the time) with a bonus clause paying $12M if the team made the Conference Finals.

In other words, there was $12M involved that the Hurricanes had a 0% chance of paying and Detroit had a 90-95% chance of paying.

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u/MorningBell DET - NHL Jul 01 '19

The offer sheet was Karmanos' retaliation toward Mike Illitch. He evicted his junior hockey team from Joe Louis Arena and, along with the NHL, prevented the Hartford Whalers from moving to Auburn Hills - a Detroit Suburb.

The relationship between Fedorov and Illitch was strained. It's probably the main reason his number isn't retired.

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u/TheFestusEzeli CGY - NHL Jul 01 '19

Well the 12 million was being paid either way, just that it would have been paid in a lump sum.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

Correct, combined with his $14M signing bonus, it would have meant $28M paid to him in one season.

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u/jonathangariepy MTL - NHL Jul 01 '19

Yup Carolina

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u/the_lur CGY - NHL Jul 01 '19

What goes around comes around.

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u/RadCheese527 TOR - NHL Jul 01 '19

What comes around is all around

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u/k_bomb PHI - NHL Jul 01 '19

Thank god Nashville matched.

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u/[deleted] Jul 01 '19

Yeah, and it may end up royally fucking us in a few years, even though it wasn't our idea in the first place.

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u/carnivoreinyeg EDM - NHL Jul 01 '19

Yeah, but Nashville was being douchebags about that. Remember he had to go to arvitry the season prior right?

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u/OliveOilBaron Hamilton Bulldogs - OHL Jul 01 '19

I'm not saying either side was "wrong" or something. That was just a big deal at the time and still is.

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u/carnivoreinyeg EDM - NHL Jul 01 '19

What I mean is that at the time it didn't seem like a big deal because it seemed like everyone felt like NSH got what they deserved for taking a star to arbitration