Initial impressions: who 'won' the Blues/Oilers offer sheet saga?

[Mike C]

Pretty big win for St. Louis imo as they got the Oilers two best young players for a second and third round pick.
The rest of the league also won because a top contender is a bit weaker.

I thought Broberg looked like Bouchard was SUPPOSED to look in the finals.

I was impressed with his overall poise and game as the post season progressed

 

[Habby4Life]

It's quite funny how people are saying the Oilers lost, yet if last season Oiler fans offered Broberg for a mid-2nd round pick people would have laughed at it.

I'm not happy to see either player go, but that Broberg contract is gross. I do wish we matched the Holloway offer though instead of re-signing washed up Perry

the oilers lost because they mismanaged the cap and left themselves wide open to some team swooping in and stealing two of their best prospects.

It has zero to do with Bromberg contract, if the oil mgt wasn’t so incompetent this would have never happened.

No way for the oil to polish this turd, horrible asset management.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

It's quite funny how people are saying the Oilers lost, yet if last season Oiler fans offered Broberg for a mid-2nd round pick people would have laughed at it.

I'm not happy to see either player go, but that Broberg contract is gross. I do wish we matched the Holloway offer though instead of re-signing washed up Perry

If non Oiler fans would have suggested the Oilers trade Broberg for a second after the playoffs they would have been laughed at. Three teams were prepared to offer sheet him. It’s funny now that he’s gone some are saying he’s not even worth a second.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Ken Holland really f***ing sucks, by the way.

 

[Bounces R Way]

Oil got wrecked

The new GM paying for the past GMs sins is a real vicious circle. Bowman hasn't even been there a month and already getting shit on

 

[Killer Orcas]

Pens for me easily for now. Blues over paid in cap space for 2 kids that might be good but are certainly not worth those dollars. Oilers made smart play by not matching. We see what happens maybe one or both shine in St Louis but Oilers couldn't risk taking that bet with the cap space.

 

[CanadienShark]

Pittsburgh.

I think Oilers and Blues are both losers, but obviously that could change for the Blues into a win.

 

[Fatass]

Blues win big. Oilers lose two young guys who contribute.

 

[notbias]

It's quite funny how people are saying the Oilers lost, yet if last season Oiler fans offered Broberg for a mid-2nd round pick people would have laughed at it.

I'm not happy to see either player go, but that Broberg contract is gross. I do wish we matched the Holloway offer though instead of re-signing washed up Perry

Well the Oilers lost because their D looks terrible now.

They have 2 years of McDavid left, and then maybe more, but they are asking him to drag his team to the finals again... would be better if they gave him a decent team to play with, more intriguing to stay.

Holloway was potential, still sucks to lose.

Ceci was a 20 min/night D in the playoffs, they traded him just because?

Broberg is potentially the biggest loss, but Broberg is being paid too much, yes, that was smart on St Loius' part.

What is Edmonton's D looking like right now?

 

[Golden_Jet]

Oilers lose because the loss of 2 players
Blues lose, with the huge overpay.
No winners.
Oilers lose worse though

 

[The Nuge]

Oilers - Lose - The picks weren’t enough

Blues - Lose - They overpaid and it hurts your future negotiations with your players

Penguins - Win - Free pick upgrade

Holloway - Lose - It’s pretty clear he’s pissed about the situation, and didn’t want to leave with how his interview went

Broberg - Win - Gets triple the money he’s worth and gets his trade request dealt with

 

[belair]

The real losers are the team's having to negotiate with their future middling high pedigree RFAs.

That second contract has always been a challenging one that can make or break a player's career. Now there are teams willing to drive up the price of those players to levels rarely seen on players with very little earned reputation.

Oilers - Lose - The picks weren’t enough

Blues - Lose - They overpaid and it hurts your future negotiations with your players

Penguins - Win - Free pick upgrade

Holloway - Lose - It’s pretty clear he’s pissed about the situation with how his interview went

Broberg - Win - Gets triple the money he’s worth and gets his trade request dealt with

Broberg didn't look too thrilled with how it went either. I think both of those guys were convinced that they were more valuable to Edmonton that than they turned out to be.

 

[La Bamba]

After that whole ordeal, the Oilers walked away with Emberson, Podkolzin, Fischer, 2nd, 3rd, and cap space while losing Broberg, Holloway, Ceci, and a 4th

There is a slight chance the Oilers can turn this into a positive depending how Emberson and Podz turn out

 

[Bouboumaster]

Pens IMO

If those are what the Blues wanted, they should have signed them multi years, not only 2 years IMO

I understand why the Oilers didn't match for Broberg, but why the hell didn't they match for Holloway? Doesn't make sense to me

 

[wetcoast]

Broberg, pretty handily.

Came here to say this and Holloway to a lesser extent.

Blues might have "won" but Edmonton isn't exactly dropping off from being a SC favorite for this season either.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

Blues. Got two young players they wanted without giving up a whole lot except salary which won’t impact them in the next two years anyways. A really impressive move by Armstrong taking advantage of a cap strapped team. Hopefully it leads to more offer sheets although this situation was unique in many ways.

 

[Albatros]

If those are what the Blues wanted, they should have signed them multi years, not only 2 years IMO

With any higher AAV it'd have cost them more in picks.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I thought Broberg looked like Bouchard was SUPPOSED to look in the finals.

I was impressed with his overall poise and game as the post season progressed

Broberg has the benefit of being fresh cause he hasn't played in weeks, while the rest of the teams had players slugging it out for 3 rounds
he'd better have some jump

 

[Mike C]

Broberg has the benefit of being fresh cause he hasn't played in weeks, while the rest of the teams had players slugging it out for 3 rounds
he'd better have some jump

Fair point. That said, the moment didn't seem to big for him and he made enough right plays. Obviously it's a small sample size and time will tell

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

Neither.

Rest of the contenders for Edmonton being weakened.

 

[Conspiracy Theorist]

Oilers lost. I don't know why you would sign Arvidsson and Perry before Broberg and Holloway.

 

[Skolman]

Neither.

Rest of the contenders for Edmonton being weakened.

How exactly has Edmonton been weakened?

 

[Pavel Buchnevich]

How exactly has Edmonton been weakened?

Lost how many players off their roster with no real replacement?

 

[elmaco]

This is gonna look even worse for EDM if one or both of the players evolve in to a stud.

 

[Three On Zero]

Oilers - Lose - The picks weren’t enough

Blues - Lose - They overpaid and it hurts your future negotiations with your players

Penguins - Win - Free pick upgrade

Holloway - Lose - It’s pretty clear he’s pissed about the situation, and didn’t want to leave with how his interview went

Broberg - Win - Gets triple the money he’s worth and gets his trade request dealt with

I’ll take false statements for 100, Alex.

These contracts will be over before they impact the team.

If Holloway was disappointed he wouldn’t have signed the offer sheet. He looked fine in his interview.

The only team whom has a potential to suffer from this trade is Edmonton. Both St Louis and Pittsburgh are in a win/win scenario