Confirmed Signing with Link: Oilers decline to match offer sheets for Broberg and Holloway

[jjniner]

Thenumber4:

• Be a restricted-free agent.
• Have at least one expired NHL contract.
• Have played a set number of NHL games (80 for forwards and defensemen, 28 for goalies).
• Be under 27 years old on July 1.
• Be without a contract for the next season.
• Have received a qualifying offer by June 25 or Monday after the NHL Entry Draft.

Broberg has played in 81 games, and I believe met all the other criteria? No? If he would have played in two less games, he would not have been eligible.

Not sure how this is not true unless he does not meet all the other criteria. If he does, Edmonton management really screwed the pooch!

 

[Idiot Stick]

I kinda like the Panthers but you are singlehandedly turning me against them. No one likes a sore winner, dude. You're way too invested in this thread if you ask me.

hes not a panthers fan lol

 

[Hamilton Bulldogs]

I feel like both Broberg and Halloway could’ve made more in the long run with having a couple of good playoff runs with Edmonton.

Much money has been made by being a key depth piece of winning teams in sports. Maybe both guys are thinking they’ve already shown their best.

 

[WTFMAN99]

Holloway one feels weird to not match for a 3rd round pick?

 

[McDNicks17]

Holloway one feels weird to not match for a 3rd round pick?

It was just too much money for a 4th liner.

Going with Podkolzin instead means they save $1.3M and they don't have to use LTIR on Kane, so they can accrue cap space for the deadline.

 

[Reality Czech]

hes not a panthers fan lol

Oh, that makes sense. Thought you guys were more chill than that!

 

[Rubi]

Two players with a grand total of two full NHL seasons combined for 6.9M? Both played the majority of last season in the AHL. The value in the players was the cost control. Ballooning their contracts wipes out a ton of value on the players.

Before losing Broberg and Holloway the Oilers good prospect pool was very small. Now it's even worse if you can imagine that. Broberg and Holloway had much more value to the Oilers than cost control. They were a significant part of their youth who were legit NHL'ers. I can't think of any NHL team that wouldn't love to have either player on their roster. The Oilers future just got a little dimmer.

 

[Pip]

Assuming they can bring in a decent right side defender by the deadline they are going to be a better team next year than if they had matched. Going forward we’ll see.

 

[junyab]

So the old "numbers matter unless you don't like them... then they are meaningless". Gotcha.
Me... I will go with the odds... particularly when they are slanted so much in favour of a No Repeat.

Ok, so going by that logic, in the last 3 decades (from 1990 to 1999, from 2000 to 2009, and from 2010 to 2019) no single player has tallied the most points in a season more than 4 times . So I conclude it's very unlikely McDavid won't this decade. See? Pretty dumb argument when you add context right?

The Oilers likely won't make it back to the finals in 2025 and they haven't improved their odds over the last month. They, in fact, have made them worse and the window to win the Stanley Cup is getting smaller and smaller.

There ya go. Now you make a legitimate argument, this time, that their team, from recent trades, are now a worse team. But the original poster was saying the no matter the support staff for McDavid, Drai and Bouchard (along with RNH and Hyman, both locked up for the next several years) it doesn't matter so much about their support staff. And I agree.

 

[Mobiandi]

Writing’s on the wall for this Oilers group after their summer. Old team, zero help on the way, almost no assets available, and the three marquee players all up for an extension soon.

 

[Gilmour1996]

When you acquire "all about the money" players, their attitude will rub off on the rest of the roster and come back to hurt the Blues' payroll structure and attitudes down the road. If I'm the Oilers, I'm saying good riddance.

 

[nturn06]

I feel like both Broberg and Halloway could’ve made more in the long run with having a couple of good playoff runs with Edmonton.

Much money has been made by being a key depth piece of winning teams in sports. Maybe both guys are thinking they’ve already shown their best.

I think that neither HollowWay nor Blues expected the Oilers to let them both go... Most people expected the Oilers to match DH and let Broberg go.

 

[Canovin]

When you acquire "all about the money" players, their attitude will rub off on the rest of the roster and come back to hurt the Blues' payroll structure and attitudes down the road. If I'm the Oilers, I'm saying good riddance.

This is not meant to rub in Toronto but I feel like the Tavares signing had the same effect on the Leafs core. The St. Louis players will want the same kind of treatment as they got with Broberg and Holloway

 

[Louie the Blue]

When you acquire "all about the money" players, their attitude will rub off on the rest of the roster and come back to hurt the Blues' payroll structure and attitudes down the road. If I'm the Oilers, I'm saying good riddance.

What?

Players should absolutely maximize their earning potential while they can. Do you think McDavid is going to take a discount?

 

[SmoggyTwinkles]

This is not meant to rub in Toronto but I feel like the Tavares signing had the same effect on the Leafs core. The St. Louis players will want the same kind of treatment as they got with Broberg and Holloway

Tavares didn't sign an offersheet. And he was offered more money from other teams. So your post makes absolutely no sense.

 

[MessierII]

What?

Players should absolutely maximize their earning potential while they can. Do you think McDavid is going to take a discount?

Yes I do. He already did.

 

[Canovin]

Tavares didn't sign an offersheet. And he was offered more money from other teams. So your post makes absolutely no sense.

He was an UFA signing. That 11M got the Leafs core licking their fingers the moment it was signed

 

[Rubi]

When you acquire "all about the money" players, their attitude will rub off on the rest of the roster and come back to hurt the Blues' payroll structure and attitudes down the road. If I'm the Oilers, I'm saying good riddance.

What??? Are you seriously talking about Broberg and Holloway? LOL.

 

[Louie the Blue]

Yes I do. He already did.

He makes $12.5 mil. / year.

I doubt his next contract will be less than what he makes currently.

 

[MessierII]

He makes $12.5 mil. / year.

I doubt his next contract will be less than what he makes currently.

Obviously it will be more. It will still be less than he could fetch on the open market if he wanted. The 12.5 mil a year was also less than he could have got.

 

[McNuge]

He makes $12.5 mil. / year.

I doubt his next contract will be less than what he makes currently.

His standing offer from the team was $13.25 / year for 8 years. He told his agent to take less so they can have a bit of flexibility.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

So basically none of Ken Holland's draft picks will be Oilers. Woof. What a disaster he was.

 

[5 14 6 1]

Before losing Broberg and Holloway the Oilers good prospect pool was very small. Now it's even worse if you can imagine that. Broberg and Holloway had much more value to the Oilers than cost control. They were a significant part of their youth who were legit NHL'ers. I can't think of any NHL team that wouldn't love to have either player on their roster. The Oilers future just got a little dimmer.

I would love to see what people would have said the value of these players was last trade deadline

 

[BleedBlue14]

I feel like both Broberg and Halloway could’ve made more in the long run with having a couple of good playoff runs with Edmonton.

Much money has been made by being a key depth piece of winning teams in sports. Maybe both guys are thinking they’ve already shown their best.

You’re capped as a depth piece. The he Blues aren’t the worst team in the NHL. They have a much better chance of becoming a top of the lineup player in STL than EDM and will most likely still have a decent chance at making the playoffs.

Not sure how accurate the reports are. But I thought I saw EDM was at like 1m x3 ok Holloway and under 1.5m for a couple years on Broberg. That’s a pretty significant anoint of cash for players who aren’t gauranteed a long career.

 

[McJedi]

If we play it right, we'll have about 9 million in cap space to play with if Kane is on LTIR...I think we can do just fine, thanks.

Horse trading with what? You may have the cap space, but you don't have the assets. If Dallas, Vegas, Colorado, Vancouver, Rangers, Florida, Tampa, Carolina, Nashville, etc offers a 1st for the RHD you want, why is team X going to accept your mid late 2nd for that player?