Avalanche match Calgary's Offer Sheet for ROR
 

Wow, already??

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Done and done. Good for the Avs.

lol, that was fast

Well at least that's over quickly.

Goes to show how much they value this kid.

That was fast, and not very surprised.

Haha too funny. Good job Calgary, you just made the Avs tougher to play against....

Now I know this has been asked before... but if they were stupid enough to match these terms.. why did they never offer O'Reilly this kind of money in the 1st place if they thought he was worth it?

Well then. Glad that's over.

Let the Duchene/Stastny trade rumors commence...

Why didn't the Avs just sign him for what he wanted in the first place....

Sherman, you are the worst contract negotiator ever. O'Reilly completely owned you (best agent ever). My god, Radar better play like a beast next year or we'll be overpaying him like crazy.

So what's the next sideshow?

Probably could have used him tonight :sarcasm:

Would've taken the top ten pick.
O'reilly vs. Monahan/Barkov/Drouin etc......
My guess is Colorado will regret this....

Wow. Why?

Exactly.... like, WTF. Why would they play that much of their season without him when they were willing to pay him this in the first place?

This is just a stupid organization :shakehead

Lol wait for your other contract negotiations now, Sherman

Still not a bad move by Calgary, O'Rielly will likely walk after next season and be out of their division/conference.

Future RFA negotiations probably. Now we can say we were "forced into this contract"

1st and a 3rd wasn't enough for him

No surprise they matched

That was pathetic by calgary. 2 years 5 million no one is that cheap, need to do 4-5 years.

At least that saga's over. Thank god.

I can understand to match that offer.

What i cannot understand? Why haven't the Avs been able to negotiate such a contract with him? Poor management!