The Carolina Hurricanes made a bold move by signing restricted free-agent center Jesperi Kotkaniemi to an offer sheet. This was also payback for what the Montreal Canadiens did in 2019 by giving Sebastian Aho an offer sheet. They now have until Saturday to decide to match.
The deal tendered to Kotkaniemi is for one year at $6.1 million.
If the Canadiens decline to match the offer, the Hurricanes will have to send their first- and third-round picks in 2022 to Montreal.
Hurricanes trolled the Canadiens after the move
It was also a chance for the Hurricanes to poke back at the Canadiens for signing forward Sebastian Aho to an offer sheet in 2019.