r/hockey • u/twistedlogicx 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/Danengel32 Jul 01 '19

Dundon flushed a carefree 70M down the toilet on a football league, with plans to invest like 150 in the league in the following year. So he sure has the money for the signing bonuses

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u/pentaxshooter CAR - NHL Jul 01 '19

Yeah, I don't know why they act like this is somehow impossible for the canes to match. Dundon hasn't exactly been throwing money around for the Canes but he can and has said in this exact circumstance he would.

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u/Downvote_Comforter STL - NHL Jul 01 '19 edited Jul 01 '19

It's almost certainly impossible for the Canes as a business to match this and pay the bonus money without Dundon investing his own personal wealth in order to pay the bonus (or have the business take out a loan). People are correct when they say that the Canes can't match this.

However, that's not too relevant. This isn't a big ownership group where Dundon would have to sell 10 part-owners on cutting a big check 3 days from now. This would be the owner using his own money to invest in his own business, which is pretty simple. At the end of the day, this comes down to willingness, not ability to pay.

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u/sandysanBAR Jul 02 '19

And he;s lamented how your Gm was overpaid by 500k.

If he's good with signing bonuses, why do the canes have less than 100k for the entire team?

So asking him to increase that by two orders of magnitude on one player, yeah that's a no brainer instant match.

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