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

[WEMCHUD]

Lol just saw a post how both offers aav's are just $1 shy each of extra compensation for the oilers.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

“Oilers are tight to the cap, and AAVs signed here obviously much higher than Edmonton was offering”

 

[McJadeddog]

For Broberg that's life changing money for a player that doesn't have a guaranteed future in the NHL. Chances are he'll never make that kind of AAV again, he'd have been stupid not to take it.

Yup, take the bag young man - don't blame the kid one bit. That is life-changing money. We were offering like $1.25 x 2 or something like that, and he just got a guaranteed $9. That is a ~$6.5 M difference, lol. Take it and run man, take it and run.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Lol just saw a post how both offers aav's are just $1 shy each of extra compensation for the oilers.

The Blues with the double bird flip. One for each dollar. Shrewd as all hell.

 

[Wretched Oil]

Take the picks and move on.

We'll add at the trade deadline.

 

[Fourier]

If they match either deal the player will be under a microscope. Less so for Holloway but if they match Broberg and he does not deliver life may not be so easy.

 

[snag]

10 offer sheets in the entire NHL in 26 years and now two at once by one team targetting us?

Imagine if Brian Burke was our GM lol

Anyway, f*** you St. Lou.

 

[McJadeddog]

Lol just saw a post how both offers aav's are just $1 shy each of extra compensation for the oilers.

That is always how offer sheets are set up.

 

[foshizzle]

Let's see what our new GM pulls out of his a** now.
Will be his first test in many people's eyes.

He’s failed the 1st test by not signing these guys right away. This is his second test

10 offer sheets in the entire NHL in 26 years and now two at once by one team targetting us?

Imagine if Brian Burke was our GM lol

Anyway, f*** you St. Lou.

Stan Bowmen effect

 

[Canovin]

Oilers gotta match. Holloway and Broberg will be what keep the window open for many more years.

 

[ManOfSteelI]

I wonder if these offer sheets even happen if Bowman isn't our GM.

This was my first thought.

When's the last time something like this happened? Plenty of teams have been in tough spots and no one took advantage like this.

This is a shot at the Oil for hiring Bowman, I have no doubt.

 

[North Cole]

Easy sign Holloway, let Broberg walk.

 

[McJadeddog]

Take the picks and move on.

We'll add at the trade deadline.

Yup, that is exactly what will happen. Can't match either offer. I suppose they could match Holloway's, but I'm not sure they will.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Oilers gotta match. Holloway and Broberg will be what keep the window open for many more years.

Broberg is way too pricy to match. You gotta ship at least a couple players out to make it work.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I wonder if they suck it up with Broberg since defenseman are tougher to find and let Holloway walk, since he’s playing bottom 6 minutes anyways

 

[alphahelix]

its obviously terrible mismanagement by the oilers. if they werent gonna have a succession plan in place, they shouldnt have f***ed around doing a hiring process for stan bowman instead of getting to business. Holloway should have been an easy signing and while im sure in an ideal world youd like the Draisaitl deal done to set the cap structure, its ultimately irrelevant to signing a guy like Holloway. You do a reasonable deal with Holloway regardless asap and figure it out later, because leaving an unprotected asset like a 14th overall pick hanging around to be offersheeted beyond your reach for the cost of a 3rd is stupid AF. Do the RFA deals and if they dont fit after a Drai signing you ship somebody out for value.

Now you're just getting robbed in the night for no reason with no meaningful compensation, I would argue quite predictably despite the rhetoric of some pundits who are always blindsided by these offers every time.

 

[Davo Ikinzom]

He’s failed the 1st test by not signing these guys right away. This is his second test

The GM can't force players to sign cheap deals.

 

[5 Mins 4 Ftg]

This was my first thought.

When's the last time something like this happened? Plenty of teams have been in tough spots and no one took advantage like this.

This is a shot at the Oil for hiring Bowman, I have no doubt.

You honestly think that if we hired Jesus Christ himself there would be no offer sheet?

The Oilers obviously had low offers on the table and agents were waiting to see if an offer sheet materialized.

 

[RipsADrive]

Good thing the Oilers got their big signing of post free agency in Stan Bowman.

Let's see what you've got pal...

 

[McJadeddog]

Oilers gotta match. Holloway and Broberg will be what keep the window open for many more years.

Not at that price they won't. Young players keep the window open because they are usually cheaper options. But Broberg is being paid like a 28 year old vet on a UFA deal now. Great for him, but it doesn't allow the "cheap young option" for the Oilers. You let him walk for certain with that contract.

 

[Sra1974]

Oilers gotta match. Holloway and Broberg will be what keep the window open for many more years.

Only at a reasonable cost, which the Broberg one is not for the oilers. Thye don’t extend the windows if they are overpaid and Broberg is for sure.

 

[McDrai]

I wonder if they suck it up with Broberg since defenseman are tougher to find and let Holloway walk, since he’s playing bottom 6 minutes anyways

Broberg would be more of a loss IF he plays like he played in the playoffs for us.

 

[Jimmi McJenkins]

Man if I have to spend the year watching Nurse and Ceci just get caved game in and game out, while watching Broberg and Parayko play all the hard minutes successfully for the Blues, f*** will that be infuriating and I will never stop talking about it.

 

[ManOfSteelI]

You honestly think that if we hired Jesus Christ himself there would be no offer sheet?

The Oilers obviously had low offers on the table and agents were waiting to see if an offer sheet materialized.

You think the Oil are the first team to be in that position?

 

[dem]

We f-cked around and found out