If dowd plays 15 minutes a night and scores every 11 seconds, thats on pace for 81 goals a game or 6,709 goals a year.
Sounds like value to me.
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If dowd plays 15 minutes a night and scores every 11 seconds, thats on pace for 81 goals a game or 6,709 goals a year.
Sounds like value to me.
Draiskull
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I don't think keeping him would be a good option if he continues to play well in AHL but doesn't get called up. Broberg camp has probably already requested a trade.
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Players change their minds all the time. If he starts playing his opinion could change.
Players request trades all the time, and many we don't know about.
If they trade him, it better be for something good.
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I am certainly on the fence to trade Broberg. Not as excited to trade him when the prospect depth on D is so thin. Move Broberg and you get a couple injuries and the bottom pair is Kemp and Niemalainen.
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Gleason is better than both and we would certainly be adding another depth Dman if trading away Broberg. Only issue with trading Broberg without giving him another shot is that he might have taken a step forward already .
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It's not like a Broberg-Kemp/Gleason bottom pairing is any better.
They can probably trade for an actual NHL quality #7D that's better than Broberg for almost nothing.
Almost nothing for Holland is a mid round pick and a close to NHL ready prospect
McDNicks17
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Let Jackson make the Bogosian for a 7th round pick type trade then.
Slats432
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Broberg and someone is better than not having him there.
If we are moving Broberg I’d inquire about Jiricek. One disgruntled player for another. And Jiri is RHD (which will help when Ceci becomes UFA in 2025).
Kakko looks like a bust to me. All he’s good at is cycling but can’t generate any scoring chances due to his lack of hockey IQ.
Kakko looks like a bust to me. All he’s good at is cycling but can’t generate any scoring chances due to his lack of hockey IQ.
McDNicks17
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Explain?
You could get a Bogosian for a 7th round pick, like I said, and have a better #7D as well as trade Broberg to improve somewhere else too.
Slats432
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No sane GM would trade Jiricek for Broberg.
McDNicks17
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Sounds like Jiricek is disgruntled because he isn't getting a chance to play a bunch of minutes/PP time. He wouldn't get that here either.
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The issue with that is there’s no way Columbus would ever do it.
Slats432
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Not sure you know what the cost is on players, but my intent was having Broberg here in case of injury is way better than the other options in the AHL.
McDNicks17
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Bogosian for a 7th is an example of a trade that's already happened this year.
I'm saying keeping Broberg in case of injury doesn't make sense because you can trade him to improve the NHL roster and get a better NHL player than him to fill that injury replacement role for basically free.
Or you trade Kulak to free up cap to improve the forward group, allow Broberg some rope following a strong stretch of AHL games. Then trade for the same rental insurance closer to the wire.
Unless a team is giving up a youngish defenseman with some term, Broberg's value to us extends long beyond this season. Trading him for a rental would be incredibly shortsighted knowing how weak the farm system is.
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Not giving Broberg a chance with coffee and knob would be incredibly dumb
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Broberg's value to the Oilers is zero until he becomes an NHL player and that's looking doubtful. He's worth far more to a bad team that wants draft pedigree and "potential".
You don't have to trade him for a rental. He's just an obvious trade chip unlike a guy like Kulak who actually has value to a playoff team.
He’s on 5 to 7. He’s not doing tonight’s show. But seravalli will be on it at 6 so that may be worth it. Bob will most likely be on as a guest
I struggle to see why that looks doubtful after he went down to the farm and has played some of his best pro hockey to date.
This is a 22 year old defensive prospect. These guys earn their lumps on a bottom pairing. We did the same thing with Desharnais last season. Fast forward a year and he looks poised to earn a significant raise in the summer.
Unfortunately for that playoff team, cap flexibility has to come from somewhere. And a $3m bottom pairing defenseman whose role is being diminished stands out as a luxury.
Trading Broberg might bring a Reid Schaefer-like bump in a trade, but that value is likely lost if the idea is moving Campbell's contract to free up the cap required to make any sort of sizeable add--either short or long-term.
I don't see much beyond Broberg in this system that's pushing for regular icetime. Nothing in there that realistically takes the throne from Ekholm when his contract expires. Which leaves us dipping into the free agency market to fill vital depth. More often than not that means overpayment and broken toy.
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I have my doubts about trading Broberg. He's an upcoming RFA and he will likely be signed for very cheap. For a team that's in a desperate cap crunch, he might be of great value.
They're only trading Broberg in a package for someone that can make an immediate impact. He's certainly not a throwaway or bust level prospect. He's playing a ton in Bakersfield and killing.
Hang on to him and give him a chance with new coaches or use him in a trade for a significant upgrade.
Hang on to him and give him a chance with new coaches or use him in a trade for a significant upgrade.
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