Carolina Hurricanes issue offer sheet to Montreal Canadiens Jeperi Kotkaniemi
The Carolina Hurricanes have tendered a one-year $6.1-million offer sheet to Montreal Canadiens forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi.
Montreal, who according to PuckPedia, has -$1.5-million in cap space, now has seven days to match the offer sheet. If they don’t do so, they will be awarded a 2022 1st and 3rd round pick from the Hurricanes.
So much to unpack in the Kotkaniemi offer sheet. #Habs have one week to match – which would put them roughly $2 mil over their LTIR exception space.#Canes/#Habs would have to qualify Kotkaniemi at $6.1 mil next summer.
And the juiciness of the Aho revenge.
— Frank Seravalli (@frank_seravalli) August 28, 2021
“Jesperi Kotkaniemi accepted our offer. He wants to come to Carolina,” said Hurricanes GM Don Waddell. “He sees the core we’ve built here and he wants to be a part of that. We’re proud, but there’s still a waiting period. When you make an offer like that, we saw a vulnerable position. The offer, with the compensation and the core we have, we realized that it was the best chance we had to get the player.”
The offer sheet carries a salary of $6,100,015 and a $20 signing bonus and comes two years after the Habs issued an offer sheet to Canes forward Sebastian Aho.
Kotkaniemi was drafted third overall in the 2018 draft and has appeared in 171 NHL games scoring 22 goals and 62 points.
The offer sheet to Kokaniemi from #GoCanesGo is a 1 year deal:
Signing Bonus: $20
Base Salary: $6,100,015
Total Compensation: $6,100,035https://t.co/x5WZojPY8J https://t.co/Efj3XHVHjK
— PuckPedia (@PuckPedia) August 28, 2021
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