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

[Fishy McScales]

I preferred them not matching. Can't say I'm happy since I'd have wanted to avoid this altogether obviously, but I think these players took their club and team hostage for their own gain.

Obviously hard to hold it against them, especially Broberg, but we want players who want to be Oilers and who believe Edmonton is the best place to be for them to have success.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Lets not misrepresent Chiarelli here

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

I think Jake Neighbors is probably more accurate in this scenario, but sure.

Both Stan and chiarelli are not good.

 

[Whoshattenkirkshoes]

Are we now the oldest roster in their league by a country mile? 9 assuming Podkolzin doesn't play)

 

[Macblender]

Are we now the oldest roster in their league by a country mile? 9 assuming Podkolzin doesn't play)

Definitely one of them lol

 

[TopShelfGloveSide]

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

Stan is to blame for having to choose between keeping a player or signing him for x3 his worth?

 

[Jarvi]

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.

How is it laughable? We have a bunch of guys taking less to stay, who are all better than these two. Then you get the two unproven youngsters trying to gouge the team? We are enforcing a culture, which is based around two questions, "do you want to win a cup more than anything? And do you want to play with the best player of this generation on your way to it?"

These guys decided the bag was worth more than their name on the cup. Which is OK, that's their choice. But that's not what we are building here.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

I think Jake Neighbors is probably more accurate in this scenario, but sure.

Both Stan and chiarelli are not good.

But man he's good friends with Oilers brass!

 

[dem]

Well played by the blues..

Absolutely brutal to have 2 young players stolen from you. Brutal work to get us in that position.

But in the end those 2 players simply weren’t worth anywhere near 6m. Especially on this team.

 

[Ninety7]

terrible asset management by the oilers here but it was a tough situation

We need to improve our D one way or the other and I’m not sure broberg right now could have done it. He was looking very promising so it’s unfortunate to lose him.

Holloway is a dime a dozen. He is more easily replaceable. If the reports are true that he’s pissed at his camp and wanted to be an oiler then he shouldn’t have signed that offer sheet in the first place.

It is what it is.

 

[48g90a138pts]

New thread?

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Stan is to blame for having to choose between keeping a player or signing him for x3 his worth?

He certainly isn't blameless. When you're hired for a new job you better start working right away.

 

[Canovin]

The Oilers could have gotten another 2nd if we traded them before the OS. Oh well. We got our guys in Podz and Emberson for cheap and probably thrilled to be Oilers.

 

[Vagabond]

Looks official. Oil will not match either Broberg or Hollwood.

Report: Oilers decline to match Blues' offer sheets for Broberg, Holloway

The Edmonton Oilers declined to match the St. Louis Blues' offer sheets for forward Dylan Holloway and defenseman Philip Broberg, reports Sportsnet's Elliotte Friedman. The Blues signed Holloway to a two-year pact worth $2.29 million annually and Broberg to a two-year contract with a...

www.thescore.com

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Are we now the oldest roster in their league by a country mile? 9 assuming Podkolzin doesn't play)

Honestly it hasn't really changed vs. last week.

Podz is less than 3 months older than Holloway and Emberson is a year older than Broberg.

Even if it's not Podkolzin, that spot would go to Lavoie.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Stan is to blame for having to choose between keeping a player or signing him for x3 his worth?

I do blame Stan, he's the GM that did nothing after being hired until utterly forced. I blame JJ too.

If you actually think about it, the Oilers could have had all of Holloway, Broberg, Podkolzin and Emberson if they had been even slightly proactive, but here we are

 

[McBooya42]

Huh...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825888855892894006

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

How is it laughable? We have a bunch of guys taking less to stay, who are all better than these two. Then you get the two unproven youngsters trying to gouge the team? We are enforcing a culture, which is based around two questions, "do you want to win a cup more than anything? And do you want to play with the best player of this generation on your way to it?"

These guys decided the bag was worth more than their name on the cup. Which is OK, that's their choice. But that's not what we are building here.

all the guys that took less to stay have made tens of million in their career...easy for them to do

 

[Sanchez]

Is there another RFA dman that we can offer sheet with the picks and space (Kane LTIR too) we have?

 

[McBooya42]

I do blame Stan, he's the GM that did nothing after being hired until utterly forced. I blame JJ too.

If you actually think about it, the Oilers could have had all of Holloway, Broberg, Podkolzin and Emberson if they had been even slightly proactive, but here we are

It would have crippled us cap wise, and forced us to trade Kulak too.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

It would have crippled us cap wise, and forced us to trade Kulak too.

No it really wouldn't have, they might have had to be in ltir, but they would have been fine.

 

[sukimono]

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

Damn. Had no idea Mark Spector was Ukrainian

 

[Fishy McScales]

Huh...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825888855892894006

So there was some negotiation.

 

[JeffSkinner53]

Huh...

https://x.com/i/web/status/1825888855892894006

2023 5th rounder playing college hockey.

Write up:

Paul Fischer - 2023 NHL Draft Prospect Profile - The Hockey Writers NHL Entry Draft Latest News, Analysis & More

An intriguing prospect, defenseman Paul Fischer could be one of the better values found in the 2023 NHL Entry Draft.

thehockeywriters.com

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

Not going into LTIR is good.