I'd love to see him pivot to Point or Marner... Mikko Rantanen
this actually makes a ton of senseCorrect, nor are they talking about how the Habs have 14 million in cap space. Nor are they talking about how Bergevin bought himself a week of not doing anything waiting on Waddell. I really think this was done by Bergevin to keep the fans and media off his ass. Once all the good UFA are gone and Waddell matches he will throw up his hands and say “we tried”.
Personally I hope this blows up in their faces because it's damn obvious they dragged two fanbases through the mud for nothing.
Yeah ... Canes website has the announcement now https://www.nhl.com/hurricanes/news/canes-will-match-offer-sheet-for-sebastian-aho/c-308167146
So, as Cane fans... are you happy this happened and you now have Aho locked up for 5 years at a reasonable salary?
Or would you have preferred to let this drag out all summer and possibly into the season... which is actually more common than an offer sheet.
So, as Cane fans... are you happy this happened and you now have Aho locked up for 5 years at a reasonable salary?
Or would you have preferred to let this drag out all summer and possibly into the season... which is actually more common than an offer sheet.
So, as Cane fans... are you happy this happened and you now have Aho locked up for 5 years at a reasonable salary?
Or would you have preferred to let this drag out all summer and possibly into the season... which is actually more common than an offer sheet.
I would have preferred that the Canes had been left to negotiate with the player one on one without interference from another franchise. Which is the same thing every team in the league would say, including yours.
I don't like the term, but the AAV is fair. That would have been a reasonable place for the two sides to land and it wouldn't have taken all the histrionics. Now it's done sooner. Woo freaking hoo.
I remember when the Habs and Subban went through this. It ended up going into the season and we came out with a shitty deal. That sucked.
Sure. That would suck. But it would be done between the two fully invested parties. Now imagine a scenario where another team jumps into the process and forces the Habs hand and they end up making a compromise they didn't really want to make earlier in the process. Are they going to send that team a Christmas card? I think not.
Not sure what you're fishing for here. Nobody is going to thank you for getting our best player signed to a deal that makes him a UFA in 5 years, reasonable cost or not. From the team's perspective you're looking to land at 6-8 years or at 2-3 ... either gaining some free agent years or bridging to arbitration. Montreal landed us smack in the middle of contract no man's land. And we're supposed to grateful for some reason?
I'm not fishing for anything man. I'm not an enemy. I was curious about the feeling of people on the other end.
So, as Cane fans... are you happy this happened and you now have Aho locked up for 5 years at a reasonable salary?
Or would you have preferred to let this drag out all summer and possibly into the season... which is actually more common than an offer sheet.
He could use some PR help to navigate around and smooth over some of the bruised feelings this process has caused
I'd love to see him pivot to Point or Marner... Mikko Rantanen
Geez, ya step away from the keyboard for an hour and look what happens..... Chill is right.
I think some folks are simply unaware of this history of this community or who's responsible for it's existence and don't bother visiting beyond their bookmark link. If they think this is trolling worth whining like that over, they either have never been on a official team board like on Facebook, or HF or god forbid Reddit , or they wrongly assume this is like those other places. I use the "New Posts" link to navigate the site and like at least lurking on, occasionally chiming in on, some threads on other boards.... wouldn't mind more folks visiting here even, you and the Leafs guys go after each other pretty hard, but you're (mostly) sane, unlike those more visible corners for sports chat.
Gotta know though, tempers are gonna be a bit short in general over something like this... or a playoff series.
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