EdmFlyersfan
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Broberg wasn't a part of the inner circle of McDavid like Brown so he got left in the cold and became a mistreated asset...glad he is finding success now.
Another Stan Bowman masterclass move. Sign a bunch of forwards but let your promising young top 4D go for a bag of pucks when you need top 4D
We’re also coupling it with the postseason he just had. I think its fair to roll that play into the conversation.
Straw man argument. Literally no one is talking Norris. We’re talking about living up to the contract signed. Nothing more.
Broberg wasn't a part of the inner circle of McDavid like Brown so he got left in the cold and became a mistreated asset...glad he is finding success now.
Broberg wasn't a part of the inner circle of McDavid like Brown so he got left in the cold and became a mistreated asset...glad he is finding success now.
B) Let him walk, don't use Kane's LTIR, have $945K accrue to $4.5M at the deadline (plus Kane's LTIR if he's still projected to be out) and use that space on the best vet RD money can buy
Happy to see him succeed. He didn't really get much of a shot in Edmonton, and was never put in the best position. He wanted too much for what he had shown and St Louis stepped up with a big contract. Will be interesting to watch over the next few years.
They better add someone significant or they won’t be in the finals. What will be available and if they have assets to acquire such player is another story. Not a lot of quality at TDL.
The D core is worse without Ceci and Broberg and it wasn’t very good to begin with.
Losing Broberg for nothing was a complete failure.
Oilers should have bit the bullet and matched. They spent years developing him to be a potential replacement for Ekholm and Nurse. Now they’ll have to spend assets just to acquire another top 4 Dman that will probably be making more than 4.6 million. It would have been tough this season to fit the contract in but it’s not impossible, they just wouldn’t have had any cap space at the deadline to add a player but instead they’ll be hoping to add a player at the deadline that will be as good as Broberg…..
I know some people will post about advanced stats and how Broberg is getting very lucky but you have to be good to be lucky and there’s so much potential with the player. The Blues pretty much got their future top pairing Dman for the next 10 years for a 2nd because the Oilers are hoping that the right top 4, rental Dman becomes available at the deadline so they could waste more assets on a 1-2 year rental instead of looking long term with Broberg.
To be fair, he never got an opportunity to really play his natural position (LD). I do agree he didn't impress in camps though.He got chances.
2 camps in a row he showed up and played soft, scared hockey and was clearly not ready. He then had his agent make noise about wanting out, had a decent AHL season and then a whopping 10 game post season where he looked like he took the next step.
It was a gamble from the Blues and it has paid off so far.
I was happy the Oilers did not match, Oilers need some flexibility cap wise to assess where the true holes in the line up are as the season progresses.
I love that Broberg is talked about like he play 100 games as a key cog in the run last year.
Broberg wasn't a part of the inner circle of McDavid like Brown so he got left in the cold and became a mistreated asset...glad he is finding success now.
Philip Broberg
Defense
Born Jun 25 2001 -- Orebro, Sweden
Height 6.04 -- Weight 212 -- Shoots L
Selected by Edmonton Oilers round 1 #8 overall 2019 NHL Entry Draft
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Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
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2017-18 AIK Jr. Swe-J 23 6 7 13 6
2017-18 Orebro HK Jr. Swe-J 15 0 2 2 0
2018-19 AIK Jr. Swe-J 8 2 6 8 8
2018-19 AIK Swe-1 41 2 7 9 14
2019-20 Skelleftea AIK SweHL 45 1 7 8 6
2020-21 Skelleftea AIK SweHL 44 3 10 13 10 12 0 0 0 2
2021-22 Edmonton Oilers NHL 23 1 2 3 8 1 0 0 0 0
2021-22 Bakersfield Condors AHL 31 4 19 23 18 4 0 1 1 0
2022-23 Edmonton Oilers NHL 46 1 7 8 2 9 0 0 0 4
2022-23 Bakersfield Condors AHL 7 2 2 4 0 -- -- -- -- --
2023-24 Edmonton Oilers NHL 12 0 2 2 0 10 2 1 3 0
2023-24 Bakersfield Condors AHL 49 5 33 38 16 2 0 1 1 0
2024-25 St. Louis Blues NHL 5 1 4 5 4
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NHL Totals 86 3 15 18 14 20 2 1 3 4
Current statistics as of 2024-10-18