It was first reported on capfriendly, when that was still an entity, that Desharnais was a two-way contract but I'm pretty sure that was a mistake and it is a one-way contract.
Broberg played less games than Emberson last year and had worse results.
It sucks but it would suck more if Broberg couldn't live up to the contract. No cup... maybe we can no longer sign our superstars kind of bad.
Ah yes, ok thanks for the clarification. But as you say, still an overpay we couldn’t afford. Though in Vinny’s case at least he deserved it.
I really don't see the stakes as like that at all. 3 million destroys our team?
Broberg was with the team only during their horrid beginning. Everybody had bad stats at that time. He played very well in the A and in the playoffs. Like I said, he also has better pedigree.
makes you wonder why SJ would get rid of such an amazing player
It would. We can't create cap out of thin air.
The Oilers just got rid of Ceci.
And roll into the casino with a 2nd and 3rd round pick.
Do you feel as though you’ve been betrayed by Broberg?
I guess, nothing's official yet, is it?
He's his own driver. No, I can't say I feel betrayed, only a little disappointed. How do you feel about it?
yup, this team is a old as dirt and losing young players...overpaid yes, but with high ceilings
And if you sign Broberg.
you can keep Kulak
I see a few reasons for the trade.
asset management, Emberson is a decent, young-ish Dman who had a pretty good first 30 games of his NHL career. No one is saying that he's got superstar potential. But, who knows, if everything breaks right and he develops, maybe he becomes a #4 dman, or even just a bottom pairing dman, it's way too early to tell. SJ is bad, and they expect to be bad for a few more seasons, they added a 3rd round pick and Ceci, a vet dman, with an expiring contract, who has a lot of experience, including a bunch of NHL playoffs experience - which SJ will flip to another team at the deadline or some other point in the season for another asset or 2.
23 year old who got bad advice and made a bad judgement call. He’ll learn from it. What I got from Holloway in his time here is that he loved to be an Oiler. Alberta boy through and through, always brought energy and passion, and the fan base loved him this run. I think his agent told him to call the Oilers bluff and it didn’t work out in his favour.
Funny to read about all the concern that Broberg might fail when it's also a strong consideration that he succeeds. Exceedingly rare for a black ace d-man to step into Final Four Cup competition and keep his head above water. This organization has taken an average NHL d-corp and incredibly made it worse. Injuries and we're into the Ben Gleason era.
Kulak will need to be traded to activate Kane if we sign Broberg.
