Laf offersheet

why so much for Lafrenière and only one year?

He's not worth that much, and the one year means it doesn't eat up a chunk of the cap for as long. It follows the blueprint the Canes used to land Kotkaniemi. 6.1 for 1 year and then 4.82 for 8 years after that, this would do that, but on a player with more offensive upside taking advantage of New York's cap issues because they just would not be able to match it

Offer sheets only go through when they're for way more than the other club can afford, or is willing to risk being stuck with, because the contract has driven into untradable territory. Otherwise, all they accomplish is bad blood between GMs, soured relationships with a player and the club, tied up assets while the process plays out and then if they actually go through - the prize is giving up a boat load of picks for an overpaid player.

I will never understand the fascination with offer sheets.

Because if done properly it works. KK has been a great asset to the canes and is clearly the staal replacement in a year or 2. We had the cap space to offer the initial 6.1 mil so why not. we tried trading for kk straight up and the habs wanted Jarvis for him. So instead we got KK at a discount and utilized the cap space we had to steal a player for only a 1st and 3rd which is much less than Jarvis.

That's why the player you do it with needs to be a good target. For Carolina, Kotkaniemi was a great pick up because he's been an ideal Trocheck replacement. I love KK and even I was shocked at how productive he's been with his counting stats this year. Lafreniere is a former 1st overall pick with immense talent. If they can get him producing, that may be the scoring winger they have been missing. Anyone that is already proven at the NHL level is going to straight up be matched. 21 years old, struggling in New York, getting scratched, relations may have already soured.