I'm not sure that I agree with you that management could have avoided this. There's been some chatter (and I can put my finger on a link) that Aho's camp did not want to be the first major RFA to sign, and so this was going to stretch beyond July 1 no matter what management did. Sure, you could have avoided that by giving Aho exactly what he asked for, but that's not really a reasonable course. It may be that Aho himself learned the biggest lesson. Again, we know very little about what really happened, so I'm not drawing any firm conclusions. That said, this does sour me on the Habs, and I'm no Habs hater at all.
What the heck are all these Habs fans doing trolling our board yesterday and apparently continuing into today?!? Is this allowed on this site?
Please take your inflated opinions of yourselves and your group-think misinformation about us back to your own board.
Will return when the air is clean(er). Thanks.
What the heck are all these Habs fans doing trolling our board yesterday and apparently continuing into today?!? Is this allowed on this site?
Please take your inflated opinions of yourselves and your group-think misinformation about us back to your own board.
Will return when the air is clean(er). Thanks.
Guys, Habs fans like Habsy and Habspatrol have visited us numerous times over the years and Habspatrol has been instrumental in the existence of this site. I don't take their comments as trolling (while also not discounting that sometimes their comments can be taken the wrong way by Canes fans, especially over an emotional issue like this one).
I think Habsy's advice to "chill out" is spot on.
Good question, but in 5 years i'm sure Aho will have plenty of suitors. Around 30, i'd say. Maybe Montreal believes all the talk about us being cash strapped, so they took a flyer. Heck, we've been asking the Canes to take a flyer on the flavor of the summer for as long back as I can remember.So what does MTL get from this little dust up? They probably know the Canes will match any offer sheet. What's in it for them then? They did Aho a favor. Maybe the favor will be returned in 5 years when Cbass gets to choose his new team. Could MTL be playing the long game here?
So what does MTL get from this little dust up? They probably know the Canes will match any offer sheet. What's in it for them then? They did Aho a favor. Maybe the favor will be returned in 5 years when Cbass gets to choose his new team. Could MTL be playing the long game here?
What the heck are all these Habs fans doing trolling our board yesterday and apparently continuing into today?!? Is this allowed on this site?
Please take your inflated opinions of yourselves and your group-think misinformation about us back to your own board.
Will return when the air is clean(er). Thanks.
Seriously?
You think I’m trolling? WTF. fine I’m out.
For the record ... Elsker is the only one calling you a troll. And you've been called worse :0)
Good question, but in 5 years i'm sure Aho will have plenty of suitors. Around 30, i'd say. Maybe Montreal believes all the talk about us being cash strapped, so they took a flyer. Heck, we've been asking the Canes to take a flyer on the flavor of the summer for as long back as I can remember.
So what does MTL get from this little dust up? They probably know the Canes will match any offer sheet. What's in it for them then? They did Aho a favor. Maybe the favor will be returned in 5 years when Cbass gets to choose his new team. Could MTL be playing the long game here?
I don’t know what the habs were thinking when they offered the contract? Did they really think the canes would pass?did they take into account the canes would wait seven days tying up their wallets for the first week of free agency?
I think the real screwing is going to Montreal. They wind up with 7 waisted days.
Bergevin is doing this as an excuse for not spending to the cap. It’s all optics IMHO.