Hurricanes Decide To Be Very Petty And I Can’t Say I’m Mad

#Hurricanes have submitted a 1 year / $6,100,015 Offer Sheet to Jesperi Kotkaniemi.

Kotkaniemi has signed the OS, meaning that the Habs have 7 days to match it or accept the draft pick compensation.

If they don't match, Montreal will receive a 1st and 3rd RD pick from Carolina https://t.co/x3dvcWrKso

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) August 28, 2021

The Carolina Hurricanes are being petty and I’m living for it.

In case you forgot, the Habs offer sheet’d Sebastian Aho when he was RFA and now the Hurricanes are getting revenge. The Hurricanes sent an offer sheet for Jesperi Kotkaniemi, a 21-year-old center. The offer is 1-year, $6,100,015 with a $20 signing bonus. I am currently in LaGuardia Airport cackling.

Some people are complaining about this ruining the integrity of the sacred offer sheet but wanna know what? I think this is flat out funny. The hockey world has been quiet lately and I needed a laugh today. I’m all for this.

The $20 comes from Aho wearing number 20 for the Canes and that extra $15 on the AAV has got to be because that’s Kotkaniemi’s number in Montreal. The Canes even tweeted out the news in french as an extra troll on the Canadiens.

Les Hurricanes ont annoncé aujourd’hui avoir déposé une offre hostile au joueur autonome avec restriction Jesperi Kotkaniemi des Canadiens de la Montreal. L’entente proposée est d’une durée de un ans et d’une valeur annuelle moyenne de 6,1 millions $.

— Carolina Hurricanes (@Canes) August 28, 2021

Context and a 🖕 to MTL. This is the SAME quote Bergevin issued when MTL signed Aho to an OS:
"Sebastian Aho accepted our offer. He wants to come to MTL. He sees our youngsters coming up in the org & he wants to be a part of that. We're proud, but there's still a waiting period." https://t.co/r1xhJCyIq3

— David Pagnotta (@TheFourthPeriod) August 28, 2021

As it says above if the Habs match it, the Canes get some draft picks out of this. Regardless if it’s matched or not, both teams are fucked cap wise for now. The Hurricanes would be $1,523,598 over cap if Montreal doesn’t match the sheet. The Canadiens would be $8,376,385 over the cap if they do match it. Maybe the Canes have a trade in the works to clear that mil and a half. The Habs could mess around with LTIR, especially with Weber probably being out this season but they’ll still be having cap trouble.

With Weber out for the season, and Byron out until the new year, the #Habs could place both players on off-season LTIR and build a roster up to as much as $92,757,143 if needed.

However, once Byron returns they would need to drop below $89,357,143 in order to activate him. https://t.co/tIPEqhljbS

— CapFriendly (@CapFriendly) August 28, 2021

Anywho I needed this laugh and I am excited to see how the Habs respond. If they do match the offer and sign Kotkaniemi I hope the signing bonus is $21. I’ll leave you with this very funny vision I had.

If Kotkaniemi does go to the Hurricanes I would just love to see Wadell pull a $20 bill out of his wallet, handed it to him, and say "go nuts, kid"

— shortman hams (@shortman_hams) August 28, 2021

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