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The Carolina Hurricanes believe that the Canadiens and GM Marc Bergevin got sold a bill of goods by Gerry Johannson, the agent for centre Sebastian Aho.

After announcing on Tuesday that the Hurricanes would match the five-year, US$42.27-million offer sheet the Canadiens made to the restricted free agent on Monday, Carolina general manager Don Waddell and owner Tom Dundon held a media conference call.

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“Sebastian never wanted to leave Raleigh and we were in a contract negotiation, as many players have gone through before,” Hurricanes GM Don Waddell said. “The agent felt that this would move the needle down the road and make a decision to come quickly. But I’ve talked with Sebastian all summer long and certainly there was never any bad words towards Raleigh and he told us before and after that this was the place he wanted to be.”

Waddell added: “Unfortunately, the agent felt that this was a path to take instead of negotiating a contract like most agents in the league do.”