Canes’ owner takes a shot at Bergevin following Aho offer sheet

After ripping Aho’s agent, Dundon does not stop there!

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Canes’ owner takes a shot at Bergevin following Aho offer sheet
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The Montreal Canadiens pulled a shocking move on Monday, signing Carolina Hurricanes restricted free-agent forward Sebastian Aho to a five-year, $42.27-million offer sheet. It was the first time since 2013 that an offer sheet had been signed.

A day later, Hurricanes owner Tom Dundon revealed his club will match the offer sheet, adding that it was apparently more of a nuisance than an actual obstacle.

Dundon, who earlier today took a shot at Aho’s agent, did not mince his words when talking about the Habs’ decision to pull such a bold move. 

"Everyone's trying to make their team better," Dundon told ESPN's Greg Wyshynski. "We've looked at all the ways to (do that), never came to the conclusion that the offer sheet was the best way. Your probability of succeeding is almost zero. It was proven that it was a waste of time."


The $8.454-million cap hit on Aho's offer sheet was much lower than many expected for a player of his caliber. However, Habs GM Marc Bergevin front-loaded the deal with $21.87 million to be paid out in bonuses over the first 12 months.

"This sounds terrible but writing that check is no big deal," Dundon said, according to The Athletic's Sara Civian. "The fact that you're (Canadian media) asking me if $20 million is a lot might be how we got in this situation."


For the past few months when discussing the possibility of an offer sheet scenario like this one, many insiders believed general managers wouldn’t dare to get mixed up in such a tough situations, saying they could struggle to make other deals moving forward. 

However, it did not stop Bergevin, who now hears it from the Hurricanes… 

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