Rejoint: avr. 2016
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I think the new-age of GM doesn't take personal offense to an in-coming offer sheet. In some cases, the offering team is doing the current GM a favour by getting the player to agree to terms. To me, Aho is a slam dunk at that # and Bergevin did the Canes a favour.
You obviously want to negotiate on your own terms...but if you're at a stalemate, it's not the worst thing in the world to have a player vs. picks option to choose from.
When Burke flew off the handle at the Dustin Penner offer sheet, he wasn't so much pissed at the offer sheet so much as he was pissed off that Edmonton was eliminating the "2nd contract"...something that appears to have come true.