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

[Defsta]

Things are not that black and white as easy as that makes the narrative in your head.

You knew that was sarcasm, right?

 

[oXo Cube]

Initially I wanted to keep Holloway but I've come around to this being the prudent decision.

Got a feeling Evan Bouchard is going to be playing a lot of 30 minute games this season.

 

[Oilslick941611]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825885463455912029

Flexibility mid season is more important than spending 7mil on a bottom six forward and question d man that may or not be a good one with 2-3 years

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

with what assets?

Savoie, 1st 2026, 2nd, 2nd, Sam O Reilly, Akey

 

[ConnorNova0929]

the FACT that he was drafted 8th overall. You really can't overestimate how important that is to your actual production 5 years later. It is way more important than actual progression since the draft.

You must be f***ing ECSTATIC that the Oilers snagged a 10th overall pick for a 4th round pick then lol.

 

[McBooya42]

Holloway to Podklozin and Broberg to Emberson are clear downgrades now and especially long term. Now the Oilers do get nearly $5m in cap space by not matching but the Oilers are clearly a worse team as of today if they don't match these offers.

I think this is a bad idea not to match but we'll see how it plays out. Not happy about this, at all.

Podkolzin has more experience and more points than Holloway in games played. Emberson played better than Broberg last year, and is a better positional fit now. I disagree it's a downgrade. It might be eventually between Broberg and Emberson, but it isn't right now, and the cap space rules over all.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Peter Chiarelli, the NHL mole, strikes the Oilers again.

Giving broberg that amount of money is a total Chiarelli move

 

[Kaniac]

The 2 players don’t want to be here so good on the oilers to let them walk, it was a no brainer, you can get some really good players for that cap hit for those 2

I'm pretty sure Holloway loved it here and would be upset to leave. He fell on his own dagger though, you can't squeeze a Stanley Cup contender with two superstars that need to be resigned in the next two years.

 

[KCC]

Good to see edm not handcuff themselves and now they learned a tough lesson.

 

[fireantz]

7

 

[CupofOil]

I think they were also arrogant to assume that Holloway and Broberg weren't going anywhere.

If the rumors are true that they offered Broberg 2 years $1.1m/yr and Holloway 3 years $1.05m/yr then they really botched this situation and the players had every right to take the bag. They really thought Holloway would take a 3 year deal at that number? Laughable, if true.
It was Andy Strickland that reported this btw.

 

[North]

- size
- skating
- known to the organization
- played well in high pressure situations like the SCF

I will give you the last point but the first three mean sweet eff all.

 

[ConnorNova0929]

The best move would have been for the Oilers to not put themselves in this position to begin with.

The second best move is what they did today. Good job!

 

[trojansoilers]

Well shit, let's just hope that with the cap space we'll be able to add a top D sometime during the season or the deadline.
And hope we face the Blues in Round 1 and we obliterate them on the way to the cup

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

If the rumors are true that they offered Broberg 2 years $1.1m/yr and Holloway 3 years $1.05m/yr then they really botched this situation and the players had every right to take the bag. They really thought Holloway would take a 3 year deal at that number? Laughable, if true.
It was Andy Strickland that reported this btw.

There's a good chance we'll probably never know for sure but management definitely dropped the ball... again. I sure hope some around here re-evaluate their opinions about Ken Holland "masterclass".

 

[McBooya42]

Ceci and VD are entirely replaceable but losing the growth potential of Broberg is a big loss IMO even if it came at a $4.6m pricetag. Good luck finding another young Dman with top 4 potential, now they'll have to scour the market for the Sean Walkers of the world. Color me unimpressed.

If Broberg goes on to be a 10 year top 4 Dman on St. Louis, the Oilers brass will be kicking themselves for years to come and I think this is a good possibility tbh.

Emberson is a young D with top 4 potential.

 

[Tarus]

Giving broberg that amount of money is a total Chiarelli move

Lets not misrepresent Chiarelli here

Trading Robert Thomas for Broberg 1 for 1 would be more his style.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I will give you the last point but the first three mean sweet eff all.

sure they do, why do you think St. Louis signed him? he's got all the tools and only 23

 

[Faelko]

Okay, now let's get some defense...Because it's lookin' pretty ragged now lol.

We still have 4/6 of the guys that we had last year. Unfortunately there’s still a huge hole at 2RD, same as last year.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Stan is killing it, can't wait for more lol

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

We still have 4/6 of the guys that we had last year. Unfortunately there’s still a huge hole at 2RD, same as last year.

With a declining Nurse to boot.

 

[McBooya42]

the FACT that he was drafted 8th overall. You really can't overestimate how important that is to your actual production 5 years later. It is way more important than actual progression since the draft.

Yakupov has entered the chat...

 

[JeffSkinner53]

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825883664431067410

They just traded Ceci for a 24 year old defenseman 1 year older than Broberg and Podkolzin is the same age as Holloway. Spector is such a tool.

 

[DrDrai]

If you don't want to be here then so be it. Hate to see them go but they made the choice.

Lets see what we do now.

 

[Macblender]

If the rumors are true that they offered Broberg 2 years $1.1m/yr and Holloway 3 years $1.05m/yr then they really botched this situation and the players had every right to take the bag. They really thought Holloway would take a 3 year deal at that number? Laughable, if true.
It was Andy Strickland that reported this btw.

They also reported 1.2 x2 and 1.8x2 before early in the window. No one really knows.

Agents supposedly knew offer sheet was possible and told their clients to hold off on signing anything due to it.

Can’t really blame much besides player didn’t want to be here other tried to leverage a better contract and JJ pre spent the cap on skinner, arvidsson, Henrique mainly