The Montreal Canadiens, in a move that will inevitably land them as ‘Public Enemy No. 1’ in Raleigh, have tendered an offer sheet to Sebastian Aho. Aho subsequently signed the offer sheet, as it contained a term closer to what he wanted than what the Carolina Hurricanes initially wanted to sign him to.
The offer sheet is worth $42.25M, spread over 5 years. The Hurricanes would’ve preferred 8 years, but with an $8M AAV, the cap hit on this contract is much less than Waddell and Dundon were anticipating on signing Aho for. The catch to this is that the contract is extremely front-loaded; the majority of the $42.