This started because Bergevin touched the third rail with HIS OS last year. It doesn't happen often because its not well respected. MB is low balling KK and the canes could use him to leverage contract on their own team, if only for a year. This all starts with MB, his ego, and his terrible negotiating skills. Is anderson worth more than toffi? He got 24 points last season vs toffis 44. Andy is a 40-50 point guy making 5.5 million for 7 years! Now do we think KK can at least match anderson? Because if we do then he is worth 6 million, at least for a season to better gauge his potential.
Canes are smart. They see KKs value, tried to trade (MB probably asked for Aho and their 1st in return) and in the end are just repaying the favour of what the habs tried to do last season. KKs part? He was getting benched for no reason(and not the only one) not getting opportunities, not getting good development. When you get benched in the finals after being instrumental in the previous rounds, you see the dum dum couch extended, you get lowballed to basically a QO and nothing more(mostly because of poor play time from coach and the GM putting him in charge of young assets, then giving him a multiyear contract) YEAH you leave for the big money. Loyalty doesn't mean squat when the habs never showed you any. If PD doesn't leave for a "more offensive" role KK goes back to be 3rd line center and we all know it.
Hey we have a two way center with 30 points, has a few seasons of experience but hasn't grown into his body yet, better on the draw than suzuki, who JUST turned 21, is he worth 6? No , but he knows he is getting mismanaged if he stays a hab. Of course you take the money and the middle finger signing bonus. He doesn't owe the habs a thing. They played him because the habs had no choice until the great signing of erik over the hill staal. Staal looked every minute of his age and was terribad regular season.
