How has Holloway looked so far?

[Drubilly]

Barby has a 60 point season under his belt with us. He has back to back 45 point seasons with Vegas and that production was almost exclusively at even strength. He has 28 points in 28 games this year and has consistently been in the top 6 during his time in Vegas. He is 98th in total points among NHl forwards since the start of the 2021/22 season and is 51st in even strength scoring over that stretch,

Barby isn't a driver and is benefitting from playing with good line mates, but he is a legit 2nd line talent. I'm guessing you meant the type of guy Barby was through most of his tenure as a Blue, but I love Barby and will pump his tires every chance I get.

As for Holloway, I see more 'our new Schwartz' than Perron if we're trying to draw a comparison to our Cup team. Great motor, great instincts, streaky production, and prone to a lot moments where the hands/skills can't execute what he wants to do with the puck.

Yes, definitely meant the StL Barby. Schwartz is a good comparable. Especially if he falls a lot.

 

[Reality Czech]

How Oilers fans cope:

1. Holloway took easy money to play on a mediocre team and hurt his chances to make more money in the future. He should have instead signed for 1M a year to have the honor to play next to Draisaitl.

2. Podkolzin has effectively replaced Holloway and they would rather have him, a player that has less than points than Holloway has goals.

3. They would rather have Skinner, Arvidsson, and Henrique to shore up their depth. Meanwhile Holloway has more goals than all of them combined this season while having the lowest AAV among them.

It's funny how Oilers fans called Holloway greedy for signing the offer sheet when he's literally witnessing his GM sign a bunch of aging vets for more money and will result in him getting shoved down the depth chart.

I was ecstatic when Oilers didn't match but even I didn't expect Hollywood to be this good already. I've really liked him with Thomas and hope Monty bumps him up and moves Kyrou to his own line. This kid is already a fan favorite and he'll only continue to get better.

Nice summary but you forgot my favorite one. Holloway got duped into signing the offer sheet, assumed the Oilers would match, and was likely super disappointed when they didn't.

 

[Mike Liut]

Holloway is much better at this stage of his career than Perron was. Not even close actually. A bigger, stronger Schwartz is a decent comp with his puck hounding and tenacity.

 

[Davimir Tarablad]

Looks like a Hollywood star