Aho's future relationship with teammates, management and fans

[Navin R Slavin]

Maybe I'm just old, but I simply don't get the need to drag everything out as long as possible.

Maybe I'm just old, but I seem to remember you begging the Canes to drag out the public uncertainty around the OH as long as possible for the lulz...

 

[Nikishin Go Boom]

I hope the team gives away Aho t-shirts for the season opener.

1. It trolls Montreal
2. More people will have an Aho shirt causing an increased idea that he belongs on the team with fans
3. It trolls Montreal

 

[caniac247]

It’s a business. I mean your employee wouldn’t think twice about letting you go. Same with hockey teams. De Haan prime example. He signed as a free agent last year, wasn’t even worried about being traded, then bam, he’s the one traded. Team made a business decision. Aho, made a business decision. No one should feel hurt or mad at the other. It’s a business.

Don’t let these crazy habs fans let you think Aho wants out. Yes, he had to want to play with the habs as there was a 1% chance Canes didn’t match, but there was a 99% chance they do, so he has to want to continue to be in Raleigh.

I have no doubt we’ll get the full 5 years, and who knows, may be longer if this team continues to make the playoffs and be competitive. Aho, the organization, teammates, and fans will all just be fine.

Now Dw, better not forget to send that paperwork in. Otherwise we’ll never hear the end of it from Habs.

 

[Navin R Slavin]

Now Dw, better not forget to send that paperwork in. Otherwise we’ll never hear the end of it from Habs.

Oh, I would definitely have heard the last of it from Habs fans, because in that case I'd stop following hockey immediately and forever.

 

[sheriff bart]

I think most here have it. It was business. Aho knows it. The players know it. The organization knows it. The issue is that a lot of the fans only understand the fandom part of it. Once the season starts, the fans will be over it.

 

[Svechhammer]

Opening night Aho bobblehead

Do it

 

[Cardiac Jerks]

Opening night Aho bobblehead

Do it

Instead of a hockey stick he’s holding poutine.

 

[My Special Purpose]

I just want Aho to make his comments in English, then French.

 

[A Star is Burns]

I can't wait for Sebastian to score an Ovechtrick opening night as a cry for help.

 

[Moosetache]

Ovechtrick?

Goal, assist....and a boarding penalty?

 

[Roboturner913]

I hope the team gives away Aho t-shirts for the season opener.

1. It trolls Montreal
2. More people will have an Aho shirt causing an increased idea that he belongs on the team with fans
3. It trolls Montreal

Do we even need to troll Montreal anymore at this point?

Having said that, I've always thought a nice menu item for home games against the Habs would be Saku's Eyeball Soup.

 

[Blueline Bomber]

Sarah Civ tweeted out an article from this morning that interviewed TT who basically said it's clear to him that Aho will remain a Hurricane.

I don't think there's any bad blood to be had. Management seems to understand it was a business move, and I doubt the players care as long as he continues to play well.

 

[Kaako Kappo]

Sarah Civ tweeted out an article from this morning that interviewed TT who basically said it's clear to him that Aho will remain a Hurricane.

I don't think there's any bad blood to be had. Management seems to understand it was a business move, and I doubt the players care as long as he continues to play well.

Teuvo Teräväisen ja Sebastian Ahon päävalmentajana toimiva NHL-legenda kerää kiitosta – "Se treenaa salilla joka päivä viimeisenä kuin hullu"

This one.


-I don't think there's anything incredible about it (Offer sheet). It was clear that Sepe would continue with us anyways. The contract business just went a bit differently than usual, but it all ended well.

 

[HisIceness]

He's 21 and has the world at his feet. You, me, and everyone else would sign the offer sheet too knowing the other side would match.

How this will ultimately play out we don't know but he's here while he's still developing and on a team that is young and on the rise.

 

[Arto Kilponen]

I don't think too many people in Denver hate Sakic for signing with Rangers. I don't think people in Carolina will hate Aho either. If you want to hate someone, hate your GM who wanted to offer peanuts for him.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

I don't think too many people in Denver hate Sakic for signing with Rangers. I don't think people in Carolina will hate Aho either. If you want to hate someone, hate your GM who wanted to offer peanuts for him.

Yes, let’s hate a gm for trying to negotiate the best deal possible.

 

[Arto Kilponen]

Yes, let’s hate a gm for trying to negotiate the best deal possible.

Negotiate what ever you want, but sign the player before he is RFA or at the very least take all the blame for your player instantly signing somewhere else.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

Negotiate what ever you want, but sign the player before he is RFA or at the very least take all the blame for your player instantly signing somewhere else.

You can’t just “sign the player” by waving a magic wand. If it was that easy, then Marner, Rantanen, Point, Provorov, Werenski, Connor, Laine, Boeser, etc.. would all be signed already.

All those GMs are negotiating after the players went to RFA, just like Waddell. Aho and his agent just used the Habs and the only leverage they had (other than holding out) to get it done and not drag it out. There’s no blame here on either side.

 

[Roboturner913]

Negotiate what ever you want, but sign the player before he is RFA or at the very least take all the blame for your player instantly signing somewhere else.

How about all them other RFAs right now who aren't signed though?

 

[Arto Kilponen]

You can’t just “sign the player” by waving a magic wand. If it was that easy, then Marner, Rantanen, Point, Provorov, Werenski, Connor, Laine, Boeser, etc.. would all be signed already.

All those GMs are negotiating after the players went to RFA, just like Waddell. Aho and his agent just used the Habs and the only leverage they had (other than holding out) to get it done and not drag it out. There’s no blame here on either side.

How much time Bergevin needed to sign Aho? Seems to me like waving a magic wand and especially to a bargain deal.

 

[Arto Kilponen]

How about all them other RFAs right now who aren't signed though?

Every single one is GMs fault at the very moment an offer sheet is accepted. The faster an offer sheet is accepted, the more certain it is that old team didn't want to try to pay. Especially if there's no cap space issues.

 

[Lempo]

How much time Bergevin needed to sign Aho? Seems to me like waving a magic wand and especially to a bargain deal.

His options were 'No Aho at all' or '5 years of Aho'. Somewhat easier to make the move than when the options are '5 years of Aho' or '8 years of Aho'.

He was playing at other team's guy, nothing of value is lost if there's no success. Canes on the other hand had up to 3 UFA years at stake.

Like the other GMs of RFAs currently have.

 

[Boom Boom Apathy]

How much time Bergevin needed to sign Aho? Seems to me like waving a magic wand and especially to a bargain deal.

I’m 100% positive that if the Canes wanted to sign Aho to a 5 year deal, they could have, but as has been reported NUMEROUS times, they wanted to sign him longer, so they were negotiating, like Amy GM would. Bergevin didn’t care about longer term, because Aho wasn’t his asset so he was fine giving in to that and the agent had no problem using Bergevin to get the agreement done quickly.

I’m also 100% sure that if the other GMs wanted to give Marner, Rantanen, Point, Laine, etc... exactly what the players wanted, they’d be signed yesterday. That’s not how it works though. Players try to get deals they like, teams like to get deals they like and eventually, they come to agreement through negotiation. Blaming s GM for doing his job is ridiculous.

 

[Roboturner913]

The faster an offer sheet is accepted, the more certain it is that old team didn't want to try to pay.

That's quite a leap of logic you have there. Especially considering we already know the disagreement was over years, not money.

I'm continually amazed how often people attempt to speak with authority on subjects in which they have an apparent lack of correct information.

 

[Lempo]

so they were negotiating, like Amy GM would.

Amy GM sounds like a new season of the Judging Amy series took a new controversial direction.

"Amy steps down from her office at the court and moves to Tuscon to work as the manager of an AHL team."