Dylan Holloway 61gp 19g 26a 45pts

[PlushMinus]

“tHiS iS dELuSiOnAL cOpIuM”. They had zero cap space, and they still have zero cap space, and they are going to need every penny to be able to try to re-sign McDavid and Bouchard. They simply could not afford to pay Holloway and Broberg what they wanted. The decision to let them go was a calculated move done out of foresight. It’s sucks, but that’s the way she goes sometimes with the cap. Also, this has nothing to do with Bowman. This mess is the result of Nurse contract, among other mistakes.

Your username matches your opinions.

They signed Skinner and Arvidson on July 1st under some delusion that these two washed up has beens would solve their problems with scoring wingers. Arvidson is so frail he gets injured bending over in the shower to pick up the soap (hopefully not for reasons you are thinking of - get your mind out of the gutter). Skinner must have been pinching himself when an idiot GM offered him 3 million "Yay I will finally play in the playoffs!"on top of the money he was already getting for the Buffalo buyout. Wow how motivated do you think he is to prove himself to Edmonton fans?

Their combined stat line for Edmonton this season: 20-22-42 at a cost of 7 million bucks.

Holloway signs on Aug 20th for a 2x2.3 million contract. His stat line at 1/3rd of the cost: 22-29-51

Gee I wonder what the Oilers could have done with the 4.7 million they could have saved? Oh wait we already know! They would have blown it on some other washed up winger or dman.

Nothing to do with Bowman? I would use the laugh emoji but it's broken.

 

[AuraSphere]

“tHiS iS dELuSiOnAL cOpIuM”. They had zero cap space, and they still have zero cap space, and they are going to need every penny to be able to try to re-sign McDavid and Bouchard. They simply could not afford to pay Holloway and Broberg what they wanted. The decision to let them go was a calculated move done out of foresight. It’s sucks, but that’s the way she goes sometimes with the cap. Also, this has nothing to do with Bowman. This mess is the result of Nurse contract, among other mistakes.

I thought it was because they chose to go after Jeff Skinner instead - money was there

 

[Bizz]

45 points is not threadworthy for an NHL forward.

 

[rumrokh]

45 points is not threadworthy for an NHL forward.

Who has 45 points?

 

[SensontheRush]

Is "revisionist history" an Oilers best friend or something? Posters are oddly in lockstep with this as a defense.

...But that's also exactly how we evaluate people's work in EVERY domain? Yes, the GM/President is supposed to know better than the general layman, and it's pretty clear they pursued hype over sensible roster construction. Grabbed a bunch of wimpy, complementary wingers, instead of retaining their homegrown talent just coming into their own.

Who cares how many posters here were ready to give Jackson a handy over FA? All that matters is that they f***ed up, incorrectly evaluated their roster and their performers, made the team worse, and didn't/couldn't address ANY of their deficits because they have all this dead cap and bloat.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

I think the Blues taught the league a lesson pay your talent or offer sheets are coming from teams.

Oilers went big in FA and still have an amazing team. Currently have the best player on the world Draisaitl going on a tear could hit 60+ goals.

They had some strong young talent coming up the pipeline but refused to pay them fairly.
I think we will see some teams get offer sheeted these next few years if a team focuses on vets v RFA's.