ujju2
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Who cares about their next contract, the next 2 years are our prime cup window. But I also am very high on both players so I see where the disagreement is.
Confirmed with Link: Oilers Do Not Match Broberg ($4.58M X2) & Holloway ($2.29M x 2) Offer Sheets | Oilers acquire STL 3rd '28 & Paul Fischer for Futures
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ujju2
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Western Canadian boy, played in Edmonton too. Welcome home Jake Neighbours!
Don't disagree on your last point but the Oilers ARE bent over here.
They can't trade Ceci in 7 days because teams know that the Oilers are desperate to unload cap and will squeeze them. Broberg is gone, Holloway they likely match, and I have no idea how they replace Broberg long term or even short term really. This is a blow short and especially long term tbh unless Broberg just isn't that good which I suppose is still possible.
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Waive or trade who you need to sign these players.
Once they can be moved, move them to the worst teams in the league in the worst markets that you can find.
Once they can be moved, move them to the worst teams in the league in the worst markets that you can find.
I don't think that is an option, as he is technically property of St. Louis right now as they have a signed agreement. Your suggestion is essentially trying to trade your compensation your entitled too. A deal like that would have been needed to be done before the offer sheet was signed, and then at that point the offer sheet isn't likely tendered as the new team could simply match with no issue.
This would be my target in exchange for Holloway haha
Can’t trade them for a year so can we stop proposing to sign them and trade them?
The Oilers can give Ceci away for free. Teams will take him.
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He never was that good to start with, but with the right partner he's a good second pairing defenseman that adds toughness the Oil desperately need.
Do you think Broberg was the right partner?
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You thrust your pelvis, huh!
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If Nurse was making less money it would've been spent on the players that took discounts to stay here anyway. The only reason Bouchard, Henrique, Skinner, Brown, Janmark etc. are making as little as they are is because they knew we couldn't afford to pay them more. Pay Nurse less and those players are suddenly demanding more.
Anyway, it's definitely not worth keeping Broberg at that price. Holloway is debatable too.
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Sort of confused why Army made this move, especially given the amount of defensemen we signed this offseason plus players we had before free agency. To my knowledge, I don't know if Armstrong had ever in his career offer-sheeted a player, let alone two. The only time I remember him being part of one was when Backes was offer-sheeted by the Canucks, but that was over a decade ago.
I understand the move strategically, but in like a moral/karma sense I don't personally like it. It's not like the Oilers are going to forget we offer-sheeted two of their players, but hey, we didn't really do anything to Vancouver. Whether or not they both come to St Louis, I hope they do well. Idk man, sorry guys
I understand the move strategically, but in like a moral/karma sense I don't personally like it. It's not like the Oilers are going to forget we offer-sheeted two of their players, but hey, we didn't really do anything to Vancouver. Whether or not they both come to St Louis, I hope they do well. Idk man, sorry guys
Maybe the Oilers wanted to keep Ceci and place Kane on LTIR?
How did Jackson f*** up the cap?
You don't like the Arvidsson, Skinner, Janmark, Henrique and Brown signings, the McLeod trade that unloaded 2m? Would you have just not signed 2 or 3 of those guys out of worry of a bloated offer sheet?
I don't understand how Jackson gets any blame here? It seems pretty obvious that these guys weren't signing lowball contracts with their agents likely knowing that the possibility of offer sheets were out there so what could Jackson do?
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Way back in the day SJ OS Neimi and Hjarlmarsson from Chicago iirc. Can’t recall if it was the same day but it was the same off season I believe.
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You thrust your pelvis, huh!
I don't see any reason the Oilers would want to retain Ceci.
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We didn't sleep on either player. We could have easily signed them to similar deals earlier on and our off-season would have been done, money spent. Clearly their agents knew this was a possibility, which is why they never signed. JJ did exactly what he should have. He went out and got some good players. We can't sit all summer waiting to see what happens with these 2.
There isn't a Dman that available that's better than him
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