Confirmed Trade: [EDM/VAN] Vasily Podkolzin for OTT '25 4th

[Mr Positive]

I mean, it has. Broberg ain’t worth close to what we used to pick him.

There is no way to justify that. He is very, very young for a Dman and just looked great in the playoffs. His trajectory is still similar to Bouchard's

 

[CycloneSweep]

There is no way to justify that. He is very, very young for a Dman and just looked great in the playoffs. His trajectory is still similar to Bouchard's

He is going into his D+5 and he looked okay in the playoffs and analytically sucked.

 

[TruGr1t]

Podkolzin is pretty bad, not much of a needle-mover for the Canucks, but somewhat weird the Oilers did this with their cap situation. Guessing they aren't matching on Holloway?

 

[Robtom18]

Sp looks like blues are getting broberg and holloway

 

[NoShowWilly]

Good luck to podkolzin. Maybe he can find some production for edmonton.

 

[BKarchitect]

Smart. Was not sure why everybody thought Edmonton would automatically match for Holloway. They can get what he brings (11 minutes a night, 11+5 in 63 total games) for a fraction of $2.2 million. That’s too much to spend on that role when you are counting every penny.

In the same role on the same Edmonton team, I suspect PdK will do 95% of what Holloway did. At a much lower cost.

 

[HockeyVirus]

Almost as peak as thinking adding OEL to leafs defense somehow makes them good. Literally by the grace of god got out of the klingberg contract last year only to go after an exact replicate but with term.

OEL was only one of the moves on defense

 

[Gaylord Q Tinkledink]

My guess is they were never interested. Podkolzin is a SKA product, so they would have all kinds of info going back to his teenage years with Bobrov and his dad's ties to that team. If they really wanted him, they had the draft pick capital with all their 2025 picks to get him.


Pretty sure he meant Podkolzin.

Yeah, Podkolzin probably isn't an NHLer, but Hughes definitely seemed to have a thing for 2019 1st rounders.

 

[Robtom18]

There is that team mouthpieces immediately declared that Kane's 5.13 AAV would be going on LTIR after the offersheets were announced.

Plus for years we've heard about how the Oilers management loves everything about Broberg's game. Trading an 8th overall pick for a 2nd rounder is monstrously bad no matter what the cap issue is

Really so 2 days left and no koves announced.....

 

[TruGr1t]

Smart. Was not sure why everybody thought Edmonton would automatically match for Holloway. They can get what he brings (11 minutes a night, 11+5 in 63 total games) for a fraction of $2.2 million. That’s too much to spend on that role when you are counting every penny.

In the same role on the same Edmonton team, I suspect PdK will do 95% of what Holloway did. At a much lower cost.

I think this is accurate on the rationale for the move, Podkolzin is not an NHL player as of the last time the Canucks touched the ice though, so I dunno if I'd say he can match Holloway in anyway unless he has some type of insane development trajectory over the summer.

 

[Captain Controversy]

Edmonton and it's history with Russian wingers is not so good.

 

[Mrfenn92]

No it’s not, he didn’t have a future there. Oilers making a low-risk play.

Ok

 

[Filthy Dangles]

No it’s not, he didn’t have a future there. Oilers making a low-risk play.

Trading him to a hated rival for a less-than-underwhelming draft pick is pretty surprising.

 

[Raistlin]

I can't pick on EDM now with Podkolzin there. Good luck with his future there, hopefully get the opportunity that Vancouver was unwilling to give him. Dude is a great person, but SKA ruined his offensive creativity. He will still be serviceable in the bottom 6. A very defensive player.

 

[McHelpus]

How is his skating Canucks fans?

 

[VainGretzky]

3months apart Podkolzin .25 PPG 1 million salary Holloway .20 PPG 2.3 salary a savings of 1.3 million per season and Oilers go from a 4th to a 3rd round pick solid move

 

[Mrfenn92]

I agree. Match Broberg-Holloway is a pass-Kane on litr- you are within a million - somebody gets waived at the million level

Option to match Holloway and trade? I think they could get a 2nd plus a prospect. Can you accept and trade?

If they match they can’t trade them for a year

 

[Mr Positive]

Really so 2 days left and no koves announced.....

Maybe the Oilers let both offer sheets walk but it's common for teams matching offer sheets to be mute about it and match on the last day

 

[BKarchitect]

I think this is accurate on the rationale for the move, Podkolzin is not an NHL player as of the last time the Canucks touched the ice though, so I dunno if I'd say he can match Holloway in anyway unless he has some type of insane development trajectory over the summer.

2023-24 Dylan Holloway is not some exceptionally high bar. It definitely doesn’t require Pod to have “an insane development trajectory”. Sometimes the difference between being a good AHL player and an NHL depth player is a pretty thin margin.

 

[stl76]

 

[La Bamba]

Assuming Holloway is gone:

Skinner - McDavid - Hyman
RNH - Draisaitl - Arvidsson
Janmark - Henrique - Brown
Podkolzin - Ryan - Perry
Savoie?

LTIR: Kane

I don't know much about Podz but if he's strong defensively, that's a nice add.

Edmonton and it's history with Russian wingers is not so good.

Klim Kostin

 

[TruGr1t]

2023-24 Dylan Holloway is not some exceptionally high bar. It definitely doesn’t require Pod to have “an insane development trajectory”.

Well, he couldn't break into the Canucks line-up last year and they had a winger shortage. He's not an NHL player until further notice, but sure I guess he could become a partially serviceable 4th liner.

The Canucks were playing Di Giuseppe and Linus Karlsson over him, who are basically fringe AHL/NHL guys.

 

[seafoam]

Not matching Holloway.

 

[Eegs]

Nice buy low gamble for the Oilers though I don't think there really is a ton of upside left with Podz.

 

[StickShift]

It’s a pretty damning indictment on the player that Vancouver was willing to trade him to their most prominent divisional rival this year. They were clearly low on him.

Classic all tools, no toolbox player. He’s flamed out under several coaches now: Green, Boudreau, Colliton, and Tocchet.