Sure but what does that have to do with Holloway and Broberg?
Brown too. He easily could have got more money. If Holloway got 2.2 Brown could have got around that.
It doesn’t really.
Janmark as well.
Yep, the Broberg loss really stings. Now Brown and Stecher fill out the #6/#7 spot and Ceci is right back up in the top 4 full time with nobody to push him. I'm sure the Oilers will add somebody in season but the defense is without a doubt weaker than it was to end last season.
Well the vets already have money in the bank, they own houses, have families.
Do you mean trading away a 2nd round pick + Ceci to dump him. Oilers have zero leverage in that type of trade this week.
It's an apples and oranges comparison. Skinner and Henrique have been paid handsomely for a long time, Brown is already getting 3.6m from the Oilers and Janmark, as much as I like the guy, is taking a minor discount tbh. You're asking Broberg, who has made near league minimum for 3 years, to leave $7m on the table. Maybe I can see an argument for Holloway but it was still more than the Oilers offered and probably twice as much. There's no reason for anybody in the locker room to look down on these two for taking the money.
For sure. But like I can see why it would piss off other players too. They are hurting the Oilers by leaving or the Oilers signing that offer sheet. Like if the Oilers match and Broberg played like his analytics showed or plays like a bottom pair D, it’s going to be such a slap to the face to the entire team.
If those guys were getting offers at double their salary they would probably be gone.
I’m not saying he should leave it on the table. More saying I can see guys feeling insulted for it cause it’s selfish and hurts the team.
Possibly. But at least those guys have shown they are worth that. Broberg is barely worth 1.5
Yeah if Drai is talking taking a discount (or something like that) and mcdavid and Bouchard follow suit then I can see the culture not liking that especially after Henrique, brown, janmark, skinner, arvidsson, kane all reportedly had larger contracts on the table. If nuge went to free agency he would have got a lot more than a low 5s as well.
I think they give some internal guys some shots. Hamblin looked good in that role in injury fill and they can always shore that up spot at the deadline.
The biggest issue with losing Broberg and Holloway is we solidify ourselves as the oldest team in the league and lose a good amount of speed after losing McLeods speed.
I don’t know why that matters. Players have to agree to a contract and why would either sign what was probably around 1 mill when both know they haven’t shown anything. They were both hoping to show better and be worth more.
I think he's worth more than that, possibly substantially more, but even if he's only worth 1.5 that's all the more reason for him to sign the offer sheet. For the most part these guys have 6-12 years they can make money playing hockey. I love my job but I'd have my two weeks in tomorrow if I was offered 4x my salary
He MIGHT be worth that. 10 games of a player is meaningless. You have to earn your money, he hasn’t.
Henrique, Janmark, Brown, Skinner, possibly Drai soon. (If I recall correctly)
Why is Ceci number 4? Stetcher’s defensive metrics are far superior than Ceci’s playing a top 4 role on a crappy Arizona team.
