From what we can deduce, all this would be a huge revenge from the Hurricanes against Marc Bergevin. Remember that the general manager of the Canadiens had filed an offer to
Sebastian Aho in 2019, and that would be why Don Waddell and Tom Dundon would have returned to the charge this year, by signing Kotkaniemi. In addition, the Raleigh organization has totally taunted the Habs on social media, thanks to a slew of posts on Twitter.