The Montreal Canadiens surprised the hockey world when they signed Sebastian Aho to an offer sheet on July 1st. We haven’t seen an offer sheet since the Calgary Flames attempted to steal Ryan O’Reilly from the Colorado Avalanche in 2013.
The Canadiens were able to get the Finnish superstar to sign a five year deal with a cap hit of $8.454 million. The deal was heavily front-loaded with Aho scheduled to get a $12 million dollar signing bonus in the next few days an a another huge bonus on July 1st, 2020.
It was announced yesterday afternoon that the Carolina Hurricanes have officially matched the offer sheet and will be keeping Aho.