Confirmed with Link: [EDM/SJS] Cody Ceci & EDM 3rd '25 <--> Ty Emberson

[iCanada]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825400204163485837

Damn.

If these are legit, we fleeced em.

 

[bellagiobob]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825385090366439487

 

[Cloned]

Matching Holloway then waiving him and missing out on the compensation pick just to be petty is something the Flames would do (and did do when they accepted less for Tanev instead of trading him to the Oilers).

Just take the pick and let the Blues have an overpaid Holloway.

 

[oXo Cube]

Matching Holloway then waiving him and missing out on the compensation pick just to be petty is something the Flames would do (and did do when they accepted less for Tanev instead of trading him to the Oilers).

Just take the pick and let the Blues have an overpaid Holloway.

While this is true, the idea behind the speculation was that in exchange for us doing this the Sharks would give us an easy out on our cap crunch.

You could definitely argue that they did that.

 

[Cloned]

While this is true, the idea behind the speculation was that in exchange for us doing this the Sharks would give us an easy out on our cap crunch.

You could definitely argue that they did that.

Or Grier is just a bad GM, lol.

 

[CurrentCS]

Blues fan here, coming in peace.

First I'll say I would love to get both Broberg and Holloway. By far my 2 favorite youngsters in your system.

My thought is what if these moves made today aren't for matching contracts but for replacing what they had as best they can while also clearing cap for this year with Ceci? Feels like they'd have just enough space to bring Barrie back in on the cheap to pair with Nurse.

With Ceci already being a UFA next year that money is already off the books, so exchanging that with matching Broberg only makes next years cap situation that much worse.

The podkolzin and a 3rd for Holloway and a 4th feels the same. Not to match but to replace.

Who knows what will happen but I wish you all the best this year. I was chearing hard for you to win the cup. I'd love to see McDavid win it.

 

[Victor000]

f***, I hope we match both our boys.

I was expecting to let Broberg go and match on Holloway, but if the plan is to give STL the middle finger, then we might as well give them 2 giant middle fingers.

 

[Gordy Elbows]

With the Sharks retaining!

Watch the Oilers trade for Ceci at the deadline.

 

[McJadeddog]

Watch the Oilers trade for Ceci at the deadline.

It wouldn’t be a terrible idea actually

 

[Cloned]

It wouldn’t be a terrible idea actually

It wouldn’t be the best idea either lol

 

[Morpheus]

With the Sharks retaining!

Sharks can’t retain, they already are retaining on 3 players

 

[Speed220DChalavan]

I get the trade but sucks losing our game 7 secret dagger.

We'll now finish out series in games 5 or 6.

 

[Oilhawks]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825371015280459956

The Yzerplan

 

[The Nuge]

Sharks can’t retain, they already are retaining on 3 players

But you could do like Ceci to Anaheim for a 7th, Ceci (1.625 retained) to Chicago for a 5th, Ceci (0.8125 retained) to Edmonton for a 4th. The result is we pick Ceci back up for barely above league minimum to play on the bottom pairing

 

[JeffSkinner53]

No more nurse and ceci pairing

 

[GOilers88]

I really hoped that it would have been Kulak trade first, so we could move Broberg to his natural side. Or still trade Kulak, we could then worry about our D at the deadline, but going to season with following D-pairings wouldn't be a disaster.

Ekholm - Bouchard
Nurse - Emberson
Broberg - Brown
Stecher

I think that defense needs Kulak.

Ay least until you need to make a move mid season. That's a sketchy bottom 3 on a contender.

 

[Defsta]

I think that defense needs Kulak.

Ay least until you need to make a move mid season. That's a sketchy bottom 3 on a contender.

That's why I said we could worry about it at the deadline, as I bet we gonna score loads of goals anyways this season to win the games.

 

[Ibanez]

I never hated ceci but knowing him and Nurse will never be a pair again is enough to celebrate. Huzzah!!!

 

[ThePhoenixx]

I know people are saying that their teammates will understand that it’s a business and harbour no ill will towards them, but if the Oilers do end up matching both players, you’d have to believe there would be at least some resentment over their decisions costing a popular locker room guy in Ceci.

Maybe if they were still emotionally stuck in Junior High School.

The Oilers were going to have a hard time winning a cup with Ceci.

 

[ThePhoenixx]

I mean that’s probably part of the reason why that guy is no longer GM here.

...and Cody Ceci's play is why he is no longer here.

 

[Chet Manley]

Ceci far exceeded his cap hit as a UFA pickup and was put in a position that was over his pay grade for 98% of his time as an Oiler. Playoff PK was friggin' amazing. Anyone expressing ill will towards this guy is a moron.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Tidy bit of work by Bowman. For those that liked the Nurse-Kulak pair, well there's your RH Kulak. Great skater, not overly big, but hardly small; decent with the puck, and plays clean defence.

Though I'm not sold this means Broberg is matched. The Oil were already over the cap with initially planned ~1mil contacts to Holloway and Broberg. Bringing in Podz and Emberson just gets them back to that same place. Ceci or Kulak needed to be on the chopping block regardless.


Still with this, that's the Oilers technically cap compliant without Kane on LTIR; but they only have 2mil in cap space. As I understand it with Kane on LTIR the Oil can't accrue as the season goes on, so that number won't go up.

The only way Broberg fits is if you manage to make Kulak go poof too, but that will also leave with zilch in the way of cap space or roster flexibility. It's that, or Kane actually is on LTIR until the playoffs.

 

[LTIR]

Matching Holloway then waiving him and missing out on the compensation pick just to be petty is something the Flames would do (and did do when they accepted less for Tanev instead of trading him to the Oilers).

Just take the pick and let the Blues have an overpaid Holloway.

Or match em both and make em sit in PB all season as 13F and #7D

 

[Heavy Dee]

San Jose will get a pick back for Ceci at the deadline, possibly better than the EDM 3rd '25, if they use that last retention slot.

I bei there is a handshake deal to get him back at the deadline.

 

[Vitto79]

The Yzerplan

2 yrs of Wallman
1 yr of Ceci