Holy cow! Kinda fun to see our team in the news. Talk about out of nowhere!
This is a solid, calculated swing. Both players are really interesting, and it makes a ton of sense to go for both of them. Contractually, it's a slight overpay from what they've proven so far, but that's OK, as the term is short, and we're not seriously competing for a Cup in the next 24 months anyway. A wonderful low risk, high reward type move that's more exciting then Kapenen and Vrana.
Do I think Edmonton matches? Tough to say. I think they may, use Broberg/Holloway for this year then try to flip them a year from now - but that's a risky path, for a number of reasons. Obviously, one of them (Or both) could totally flop, cratering their value. The other thing though, is that they can't trade them for a calendar year (I think I'm correct on this) - which means that they couldn't trade either at the deadline next year OR until mid August, when most teams have already committed the majority of their cap dollars.
I'd really like to see us get both. I've been struggling to figure out who our 3C is this year, b/c I am firmly on the side of not rushing Dvorsky. I think Holloway could fill that gap, at least for next year. We see how he does and then we either keep him at 3C and shift Buch back to wing, or we move Holloway to wing and slot in Dvo as the 3C. Would be a great get.
Broberg is clearly more of a project. He's a big kid, a good skater, and has solid offensive instincts. Obviously we don't know what the future holds for him, but it's hard to think he's a finished product. I'm not worried at all about how many LHD we have on our roster, b/c the only two that I think are even solid NHL contributors are Leddy and Suter, and this is probably the last year for Suter in the league anyway, so if we need to use him as our 7th then so what. He's not in our future plans, but he's a good, "You must be this good to play in the NHL," measuring stick for our younger guys.
I love that Steen is turning us into Team Sweden. I also love that we're turning the screws on Stan Bowman. The amount of, Stan Bowman didn't consent to this memes have been making me happy enough if any other team had done it, but the fact that it was us makes it all the sweeter.
