Less than 24 hours later, it appears that the Carolina Hurricanes will be matching the Montreal Canadiens’ offer sheet for Sebastian Aho, according to Chip Alexander and since confirmed by The Athletic.
Just talked to Tom Dundon. Says Canes will match the Aho offer. Announcement should come soon. Says Canes "love the player."
— Chip Alexander (@ice_chip) July 2, 2019
This shouldn’t come as much as surprise as it was evident from the start that the Hurricanes clearly liked Aho and the measures put in place by the Canadiens were not enough to dissuade them from matching the offer.