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

[guymez]

Broberg has to show thats he's worth all this effort, and he hasn't, not over the last 3 years.

My personal opinion. Broberg likely wont be worth his contract this season but if St Louis uses him on his natural side he will be worth his contract next season.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

He wan't called up a bunch of times. He was sent down at the beginning of the season when Skinner and Campbell couldn't stop a beach ball, during the 9 3 and 1 skid, and was never recalled until the end of the regular season. He even played in the AHL playoffs for Bakersfield.

He played 23 ,46 and 12 NHL regular season games the last 3 seasons plus the 10 playoff games.

 

[VainGretzky]

Whatever happens, the great thing about the Oilers' forward group is the top nine is loaded with offense and the Oilers can reduce McDavid and Draisaitl's minutes to under 20 a game keeping them fresh for playoffs

 

[guymez]

Tell me how any of the D were playing before Nov. How was Bouch playing under Woodys new system?

Very good point.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Broberg has to show thats he's worth all this effort, and he hasn't, not over the last 3 years.

I mean I think he’s shown it. I think our scouts believe he’s shown it.

Obviously it would be nice to have another year to judge him, but we don’t have this luxury.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

He wan't called up a bunch of times. He was sent down at the beginning of the season when Skinner and Campbell couldn't stop a beach ball, during the 9-3-1 skid, and was never recalled until the end of the regular season. He even played in the AHL playoffs for Bakersfield.

Much to my chagrin.

You sure it wasn’t 2-9-1?

 

[Broberg Speed]

Tell me how any of the D were playing before Nov. How was Bouch playing under Woodys new system?

Like shit, Ekholm was injured.

You sure it wasn’t 2-9-1?

It's been a long day... i'll do a ninja edit.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Very good point.

Yeah but what about the two years previous. Was he always on the wrong side?

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Since we can’t “trade” Holloway does anyone know if we could waive him and have SJ claim him?

Or is the NHL not stupid and would not allow a move like this?

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Since we can’t “trade” Holloway does anyone know if we could waive him and have SJ claim him?

Or is the NHL not stupid and would not allow a move like this?

Can't move him for one calendar year.

 

[guymez]

Yeah but what about the two years previous. Was he always on the wrong side?

I assume so but I am not 100%.
One issue was that the Oilers needed help on the right side which isnt all that unusual.
Right D are harder to get than left D so using Broberg on the right side (where he had some AHL experience) made sense for the team but not necessarily for the player.

 

[Macblender]

Since we can’t “trade” Holloway does anyone know if we could waive him and have SJ claim him?

Or is the NHL not stupid and would not allow a move like this?

You are allowed to do that it has been talked about quite a bit could do it with either Holloway or Broberg and likely get a better asset

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Have no idea who this is. Holloway pissed at his camp/agent?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825740888636559424

 

[dem]

All the smoke on Twitter seems to say we ain’t matching sh-t..

 

[AddyTheWrath]

Legolas, what do your elf eyes see?

They're taking the former firsts to Isengard

 

[Oilslick941611]

I mean I think he’s shown it. I think our scouts believe he’s shown it.

Obviously it would be nice to have another year to judge him, but we don’t have this luxury.

exactly, and for that reason I feel we should move on.

we can't f*** around on shit on like this. Our D looks to be worse than it was last season and we have no cap flexibly if we match and will be using LTIR just to keep an over paid player who may or not be worth it, We won't be able to afford any deadline upgrades and will have no chips to play for upgrades anyway. This all points to a disaster waiting to happen in such an important part our development curve as a contender.

Our forwards are elite and our D is super weak, our goaltending is still a slight question mark as well, we are relying on SO MANY "what ifs" to succeed and get back to the finals and im starting to question our contender status, not seriously mind you, but more of "in the back of my head way", im worried that we are weaker than last year. Our weaknesses from last year are weaker this year and I can't rationally just waive that away with my hand and say Broberg is the answer. Theres too many negatives to matching, and we can't wait for Broberg to develop into the last year of his contract.

I personally liked Broberg, Its not blind hatred on my parts it seems to be with others. The math on him changed with the offer sheet, I liked him at 1.2/1.8 mil, not 4.5mil. Not yet. If we match, he has to hit the ground running, ready to play a full season of 20+ plus minutes and play up 25ish games in the playoffs as well and I have SERIOUS questions about his ability to do that. On top of that I just don't like the fragile nature of the line up, if we have an injury we are f***ed, sure we get LTIR space, but what are trading for a replacement? We have nothing to offer. I don't like it.

 

[Captain Fantastic]

Oilers working on something else this guy is reporting.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825740791861620895

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

If we aren’t matching why did we trade away Ceci? Or was that happening anyways

 

[Spawn]

Our defense is so thin we gotta hope a dude with 30 games under his belt is the answer in the top 4
Yikes

He played good in a small sample with zero pressure on him
Now we need him (or Stetcher or Brown) to elevate his minutes and cover for Nurse’s inevitable gaffs

He needs to elevate his minutes on the PK only. He played the same at 5v5 as Ceci.

 

[Oilslick941611]

He wan't called up a bunch of times. He was sent down at the beginning of the season when Skinner and Campbell couldn't stop a beach ball, during the 3-9-1 skid, and was never recalled until the end of the regular season. He even played in the AHL playoffs for Bakersfield.

Much to my chagrin.

did he not play 12 games last year?

Oilers working on something else this guy is reporting.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825740791861620895

this guy has not credibility anymore. He reported Draisailt as signing last week and same with Broberg and Holloway.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Have no idea who this is. Holloway pissed at his camp/agent?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825740888636559424

Who is this

 

[PositiveCashFlow]

Oilers working on something else this guy is reporting.

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825740791861620895

We’re not matching and we already have plans to use the compensation pics for future moves? Wow

 

[Broberg Speed]

did he not play 12 games last year?

You know how many games he played so why are you asking me? He played at the beginning of the season and down the the stretch while Ceci and others rested.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Have no idea who this is. Holloway pissed at his camp/agent?

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825740888636559424

Weird tweet.. how this does this random know if Holloway is pissed at his agent? Did he call him up directly?

 

[Oilslick941611]

If we aren’t matching why did we trade away Ceci? Or was that happening anyways

still needed to clear cap and to be able to accrue cap space for any deadline acquisitions. I don't like it, but we needed to do something.