Yup, that's pretty much it. Broberg and Hollywood were left to rot and their development was purposely thrown aside for geriatric vets, and now we are here.
And Broberg was doing this on his offside. How would you feel if you are finally given your shot but have to basically start your full-time nhl career on your off side, thus even throwing another wrench in your development and potentially future earnings. I don't blame him for being frustrated. Woody and Holland's hatred for youth brought us here.
These are our two top fwd and D prospects that got the shaft over the last 2 years and it's all our fault.
Absolutely not true. Broberg wasn't ready for the NHL for years he just wasn't even as recently as early this past season and there was no path for big opportunity on a win now team the last 2 years on his strong side when he was closer to ready then he got an opportunity on his off side and did ok with it but he apparently wasn't happy playing on his off side so I really fail to see how this is the Oilers fault.
I said this in an earlier post. So many of you were complaining for years about the Oilers rushing Dmen then when they properly develop one, now it's the player being screwed over. No, the Oilers played this right. Broberg wasn't ready until recently, he got his opportunity to play big minutes in the AHL a to grow his game and flourish so he'd be ready to take on a full time NHL opportunity which he showed flashes of in the postseason.
It sucks that they're losing a player that they've developed in their system the last 5 years and seems to be on the right path but they're not losing him because they didn't develop him properly and in fact they are losing him because they DID develop him properly because the Blues see a player that is ascending, potentially, due to the Oilers taking the right development path with this player.