Carolina isn't trading Pesce for anything but a better RD

We don't have the luxury to trade away anymore D

Petterson ain’t signing that, and if he did VAN would match immediately.

Not even close for Brett Pesce, And Jim Benning easily matches that offer sheet. you'd need to offer somewhere around 5 x $11,500,000 front loaded to really mess Vancouver up.

Genuine question, why would front loaded impact Vancouver? I thought front loaded is only to counter teams with less financial support

Well Benning still has to sign Hughes as well and then Boeser next summer. by front loading it hampers his ability to possibly resign Boeser next summer depending on the ask.

is cap hit not based on AAV? Maybe I am misunderstanding

Well yeah, But real money can be just as crippling to an organization as the cap hit it'self. If a team were to offer sheet Petterson and front loaded to where Pettersson is actually making $10,000,000 in real money it could hand cuff Bennings ability to sign Quinn Hughes.