You do realize that a player….has to sign the contract you offer them right? Broberg wanted out for a while now, he turned down an offered contract and waited.
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You still would've had to overpay Broberg, by quite a bit.
And 99% of the time prospects like Holloway get squeezed with no arb rights.
If they made a mistake with Broberg it was when they did not give him many opportunities in the past couple of years. If they thought he was a blue chip prospect and Desharnais was a fill-in for a year, they should have played Broberg, even if he would occasionally have bad games. Not paying him like a top 4 d-man is not a mistake. It's just the reality of being cap-strapped.
Broberg could've tried being better than Desharnais.
That would've helped him get a spot.
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Iam sure Broberg wasn't asking for 4.5 after the season. They weren't a priority. Jackson assumed they would get them on the cheap, so he went fishing. Serevalli wrote about it. And he was right.
Lots of teams do that, Toronto just signed a player who out performed holloway this year for like 900k.
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Broberg was only worth the cheap. He played only a few good NHL games and his playoff stretch was analytically quite bad. No contender pays up in that situation for a guy like Broberg. They get a year to show that it wasn’t just a blip, and MOST guys like that will take it to prove their worth. But in this case Broberg didn’t want to be here.
He did play well in the playoffs. In any case, if he bombs in St. Louis, this discussion will be totally moot.
Is it? What happened here to us has literally never happened before. Tons of RFAs better than both Holloway and Broberg get squeezed. Robertson as an example.
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Losing Lavoie to keep garbage players like Corey Perry because of muh experience is just another sign of poor strategic approach from the Oilers this offseason. Nickle and Dimed Holloway and Broberg despite them asking for less money than inferior players like Perry and Kulak, causing them to sign expensive offer sheets too.
Not sure how old are you, but I am pretty sure certain guys named Kev and Brian almost rented a barn because back in 2008 Kevin took advantage of Brian's cap woes in this manner.
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A hot take…I don’t like our forward group as much as I thought I did.
The fact that because Skinner is shitting the bed the next best option in the top 6 is…Janmark, who 95% of his time is at 4th line level is…rough.
I mean it would be better if Kane was healthy but damn.
Our 4th line is outrageously old, hell our forward group is super old as it is.
Our top 5 is really good but I am now worried about the group as a hole cause we are one injury away from having to run Janmark- Draisaitl - Brown as a 2nd line.
The fact that because Skinner is shitting the bed the next best option in the top 6 is…Janmark, who 95% of his time is at 4th line level is…rough.
I mean it would be better if Kane was healthy but damn.
Our 4th line is outrageously old, hell our forward group is super old as it is.
Our top 5 is really good but I am now worried about the group as a hole cause we are one injury away from having to run Janmark- Draisaitl - Brown as a 2nd line.
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Savoie is an interesting call up option at least.
I refuse to write off veterans who didn't bring it in the preseason. I could see Jeff Skinner being a standout when it matters. The fact that Henrique looked off seals it for me. I know he's great.
The regular season will be how I decide on these guys
Edit: also I will add that I'm not convinced about the defense. Basically the RDs besides Bouchard don't have the tools. But if anything, the forward group at least has the goods. There might be some time to see who fits where best but the talent is undeniable
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Yup, heard that segment while driving. But some here saying the Oilers have league worst goaltending. I’m no Skinner Stan but he gets too much hate from some. Rough against the Canucks but an otherwise great playoffs
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We have played exactly zero games and Skinner is shitting the bed? lol.
