Soundwave
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lulz
Please buy a Nurse jersey.
lulz
Please buy a Nurse jersey.
It makes sense for Broberg. Holloway he can wait a little and make much more really soon on the Oilers. But now it looks like he's Blues propertyWhy would they take less money, and MUCH less in Broberg's case?
For you guys blaming Jeff Jackson for this, I haven't yet seen a reason that makes sense.
We are seriously competing for the Stanley Cup you can't take the course of overpaying these bottom roster players. It's the bum move.That's not entirely true. We can afford Holloway rather easily, its just asking the question about whether he is worth it. Keeping Broberg takes a bit more work, but again, its more about whether we SHOULD, rather than if we CAN.
Only part that doesn’t make sense for Holloway is the fact he could have had his name on the cup a year from now. Makes sense for bigger opportunities more ice time higher in the line-up on a retooling blues team, more money.It makes sense for Broberg. Holloway he can wait a little and make much more really soon on the Oilers. But now it looks like he's Blues property
Not so sure about that, not a big pathway in the short term for him to beef up numbers. He was essentially going to be starting on the 4th line to start this season with zero PP time.It makes sense for Broberg. Holloway he can wait a little and make much more really soon on the Oilers. But now it looks like he's Blues property
On the plus side the 2nd is probably more than we would've gotten if we traded him back in FebruaryI don't think we can keep Broberg. It just doesn't make sense.
Really shitty way for this to conclude.
Hats off the the Blues for f-ckn us. Well played.
I think we will keep Holloway... just because a 3rd for Holloway stinks.. and the contract isn't that bad. Still not great.
Giving up 2 pretty high 1st round picks for a 2nd and a 3rd is just... yikes. Especially on a team that needs cheap young players. Hard to overstate how bad this is.
the Oilers were/are in a unique spot, over the cap, huge extensions to be signed over the next 2 or 3 years (McDavid, Drai, Bouchard). While the blues, had the space, had the need, and had their picks. More teams should do this, it won't always work, but at the very least, you're forcing another team to pay more than wanted to for 1 or both players. Annoyed? very. Understandable? completely.Your last point is what I'm not getting. Are the Oilers in some really unique situation? They offered Broberg a lot and it seems similar things could be done to other teams all the time. Maybe I'm wrong.
Do the Oilers have any cap or the compensation picks to offersheet?Do the Blues have any RFA's worthwhile?
Jake Neighbour's is a RFA next year. From Airdrie and played for the Oil Kings. You know what to do Oilers.
Again, none of these means we CAN'T. I'm fine if you say we shouldn't. That's a fair opinion. But CAN'T is incorrect.We are seriously competing for the Stanley Cup you can't take the course of overpaying these bottom roster players. It's the bum move.
This isn't revisionism. You can check. I wanted Holloway developed as a center on the 4th line and that would take all season. I wanted Broberg developed on the third pairing, again that would take all season.
Now they are gone. Rip the band-aid off. We have 2 more picks for the 2025 draft and we should trade them. Enticing because we have our own picks in 2026, 2027 and 2028 for poaching St. Louis players with offer sheets. They will have to re-up Holloway and Broberg during that time frame.
Has to the the oilers picks used in offersheet. Blues just re acquired these picks for the purpose of offersheetingDo the Oilers have any cap or the compensation picks to offersheet?
KK is not the same player as Neighbour's.I hope not. Retaliatory offer sheets are one of the stupidest thing a cup contender can do. Just ask Carolina.
Exactly. This isn't STL/Van with Backes/Bernier or Mon/Car with Aho/KK. Edm needs every single cap dollar to ice a roster with McDrai. Only in a world where McDrai don't want to sign another contract with Edm would you even consider making an OS to a Blues player in the future.Do the Oilers have any cap or the compensation picks to offersheet?
What kind of cap room does Edm have projected in 2025? Neighbours is RFA in 2025, but by then Leon and Bouchard will be on new contracts. Unless one or both are not returning. Again, not in a position to play OS revenge.KK is not the same player as Neighbour's.
I could see 5 years from now it could be a time to retaliate, but right now the goal is winning.I hope not. Retaliatory offer sheets are one of the stupidest thing a cup contender can do. Just ask Carolina.
Exactly. This isn't STL/Van with Backes/Bernier or Mon/Car with Aho/KK. Edm needs every single cap dollar to ice a roster with McDrai. Only in a world where McDrai don't want to sign another contract with Edm would you even consider making an OS to a Blues player in the future.
What kind of cap room does Edm have projected in 2025? Neighbours is RFA in 2025, but by then Leon and Bouchard will be on new contracts. Unless one or both are not returning. Again, not in a position to play OS revenge.
We have enough PR issues as it is with GMSBIf Holloway walks let's get Dube.
McLeod is overpaid.I'm sure both these guys took a good look a Mcleod, a homegrown player who did everything asked of him and took less twice to help the team's cap, only to be banished to Buffalo a week after game 7 of the cup finals. Its a business. The teams make their decisions, the players make theirs.
Holloway will also be playing on the 4th line in St. Louis. Is he worried he won't be able to outplay Perry?Only part that doesn’t make sense for Holloway is the fact he could have had his name on the cup a year from now. Makes sense for bigger opportunities more ice time higher in the line-up on a retooling blues team, more money.
Just shitty as an oil fan