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

[Broberg Speed]

I was upset for a bit at this mornings news but I’ve since moved into just laughing at the whole debacle of broberg, boldy/zegras and Hollands old school approach to new school players

Give Bowman his due, I was dead set against matching offer sheets, as many were, but he showed resolve and locked into his decision.

Not only that, he went out and found some affordable alternatives to both positions at a fraction of the price.

Hurts losing two good young players but now we have some 2025 draft capital.

 

[Seachd]

That is of course assuming that was the only contract he'd sign.

Now you’re catching on. We know of exactly one number he was willing to sign with the Oilers at: $4,580,917. His ask is obviously independent of the Oilers’ cap situation. Unfortunate, but that’s his right.

We know that whatever the Oilers were offering, he was unwilling to agree to.

We have no idea if the Oilers’ offer was based on what they thought he was worth, or cap space, or some combination of both. But from the rumoured numbers, it was a less than a quarter of what he signed for.

There’s clearly more to it than just being “proactive”, or having more cap space.

 

[GhostfaceWu]

How the f***shit did we not get a second?

 

[gordonhught]

You can't accrue cap space if you are going into LTIR room. Only can accrue when you are under the cap without using any LTIR room. Like we are right now.

Ok.

 

[Seachd]

How the f***shit did we not get a second?

What do you mean?

 

[CycloneSweep]

How the f***shit did we not get a second?

We did.
We got a 2025 2nd for Broberg and a 2025 3rd for Holloway.
They also tossed in a 2028 3rd and a 19 year old recent 5th round pick as a thanks.

 

[KeithIsActuallyBad]

Now you’re catching on. We know of exactly one number he was willing to sign with the Oilers at: $4,580,917. His ask is obviously independent of the Oilers’ cap situation. Unfortunate, but that’s his right.

We know that whatever the Oilers were offering, he was unwilling to agree to.

We have no idea if the Oilers’ offer was based on what they thought he was worth, or cap space, or some combination of both. But from the rumoured numbers, it was a less than a quarter of what he signed for.

There’s clearly more to it than just being “proactive”, or having more cap space.

I can guarantee you that the Oilers could've hammered out a deal more reasonable than the one he took. But alas, cap crunch caused by unwise spending by the previous GM and the current GM(s) just assumed that nothing would happen to Holloway or Broberg. Nurse better have a monster year, that's all I'll say about him.

 

[FlameChampion]

Reading through the main thread, the only fans that aren’t obnoxious about the Oilers are Montreal. Probably because they are tired of Leafs media too.

 

[nabob]

I get the feeling like the oilers did the 1.1 x 2 offer last year and Broberg camp had it in their mind all along that an offer sheet was the way they wanted to go. His agent saying they had multiple other teams lined up with offer sheets tells me that they weren’t even interested in negotiating with the Oilers.

 

[Pass the Saitl Sauce]

How the f***shit did we not get a second?

A dollar short

 

[NegativeNelly]

How the f***shit did we not get a second?

We did.

 

[NotAVacuumSalesman]

Hey now, they are welcome to celebrate our cup win.

They can celebrate at home!

 

[AlanHUK]

How the f***shit did we not get a second?

we did.

we got an additional 3rd and fischer on top of the compensation for the offersheets

 

[Paralyzer]

It was a suspect blue line that has been downgraded. It has to be improved

Keep in mind our PK has been hit hard. Our PK is a big reason we got to the SCF

Thing is, our PK was the same under Woodcroft, yet that was failing miserably before Knob came in. So I'm gonna lean towards it was a Systems Play and not because of some players.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Dude get off the bridge... how does our current D suck? It's practically the same as last year sans a young player who played 10 good games in the playoffs and a guy everyone and their mother was saying we should ship off no matter the cost.

nah it sucks...Desharnais and Ceci are gone, replaced with Yotes and SJ Sharks castoffs

 

[CycloneSweep]

They can celebrate at home!

They can celebrate in Edmonton and help support local businesses!

 

[nabob]

I can guarantee you that the Oilers could've hammered out a deal more reasonable than the one he took. But alas, cap crunch caused by unwise spending by the previous GM and the current GM(s) just assumed that nothing would happen to Holloway or Broberg. Nurse better have a monster year, that's all I'll say about him.

No you can’t guarantee that. He was a free agent. A RFA but still a free agent.

His agent has come out and said they had multiple other offer sheets he had negotiated lined up. Sounds like Broberg got his wish and got out of Edmonton.

 

[Canovin]

I get the feeling like the oilers did the 1.1 x 2 offer last year and Broberg camp had it in their mind all along that an offer sheet was the way they wanted to go. His agent saying they had multiple other teams lined up with offer sheets tells me that they weren’t even interested in negotiating with the Oilers.

They used the playoffs to boost their value and held out for the OS

 

[guymez]

Yes they were playing him on the right side because he wasn't going to be playing over Nurse or Ekholm.

No I don't think that had much to do in terms of development. His biggest issue from the start is he had no hussle in his game. It doesn't matter if you are on the right or left side, if you lose every foot race to the puck. Look at the games he played earlier this season, he was f***in awful. he made Vinny look really good. He was great for like 8ish games in the playoffs but other than that he left much to be desired.

I couldnt disagree with the bolded more.
Playing a rookie on his off side in the NHL is rarely ever a good idea.
I posted this already but just imagine how bad Nurse would be on his off side and he is a Vet player.
Its a big deal and the Oilers lack of quality on the right side hurt the team and it hurt Broberg's development.

 

[CycloneSweep]

nah it sucks...Desharnais and Ceci are gone, replaced with Yotes and SJ Sharks castoffs

Brown and Stecher cast off sure. Emberson I don't think is one. IMHO Ceci will probably get them a 2nd or a 3rd at the deadline and we added to him.
I am starting to wonder if Emberson was a target more than just a piece back.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Ceci and Desharnais aren't any good. Apparently that's now a tough thing for this board to accept which is a bit strange but here we are.

Short term I'm actually more worried about the bottom 6 at forward.

and the guys they brought in are worse

 

[GhostfaceWu]

We did.
We got a 2025 2nd for Broberg and a 2025 3rd for Holloway.
They also tossed in a 2028 3rd and a 19 year old recent 5th round pick as a thanks.

I'm going off the title of this thread

 

[CycloneSweep]

I couldnt disagree with the bolded more.
Playing a rookie on his off side in the NHL is rarely ever a good idea.
I posted this already but just imagine how bad Nurse would be on his off side and he is a Vet player.
Its a big deal and the Oilers lack of quality on the right side hurt the team and it hurt Broberg's development.

imho Holland had to see this and the fact that he was never swapped for a similar RHD propsect, even with a bit of an add is a massive oversight.
If Broberg was a RHD he would still be here most likely. But he isn't.

 

[nabob]

They used the playoffs to boost their value and held out for the OS

If not for the playoffs he either signs a 1 year deal with the oil or possibly still signs an offer sheet. Just would have been a cheaper. But he would have got 2.3? Over a year instead of the 1.5 he likely would have ended up with from the Oilers in the end.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Oilers are rolling into the season with largely the exact same D outside of a guy the entire fanbase wanted shot into the sun and never seen again.

They get what is likely to be an equal level replacement back for him plus FINALLY some cap flexibility and now their D core is suddenly going from top 5 in the league to bottom feeders.

Absolutely comical commentary on here.

fans wanted an UPGRADE on Ceci, not a downgrade

this isn't hard to grasp