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Forum: NHL Signings2 juill. 2019 à 4 h 38
<div class="quote"><div class="quote_t">Quoting: <b>rangersandislesfan</b></div><div>True. But I prefer the idea of two GMs agreeing on a deal. It's just a better way to do things. Carolina didn't want to trade Aho, and Montreal used an offer sheet instead, and that's totally fine. It's in the rulebook that that is allowed. They just need to know that it's a big risk, and some teams may not want to trade with Bergevin now, or maybe Waddell will get Bergevin back with an offer sheet on a Habs' player sometime. Who knows? Maybe someone like Domi, who is an RFA next year.

I don't think this was worth it for Montreal. It's great value for Aho, but that's exactly why it's not worth it for Montreal. Because I'm 95% sure Carolina will match. I don't see how they wouldn't. All Montreal is doing is becoming that team who actually did the offer sheet. And that might not be a good idea. It could change other GMs' strategies dealing with the Canadiens.</div></div>

I don't see Waddell throwing offer sheets around because by the looks of it Carolina (ie Dundon) can't afford that. I also highly doubt that now some GMs don't want to have any dealings with Bergevin afte rthis, unless they really don't understand that each GM's job is to serve their own team and no one else. As for whether or not the offer sheet was worth it for Canadiens, well, I don't see how it wasn't. Bergevin and co clearly saw that they had a decent enough opportunity to get Aho with a below-market-price offer, and if it doesn't work out in the end they literally lose nothing. So basically at the end of the day it was just a good piece of business for Canadiens and nothing else because the can win but not lose.