- Jul 25, 2007
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If you take HFBoards as its own kind of perverse market of evaluation, the truth is probably in the middle.I thought I remembered that NYR fans were not happy about losing him on waivers, I thought his stock was higher
Emberson has some value as 3rd pairing RD, with upside to 2nd pairing if he is a late developer. But he's probably not immediately slotting in as a 2nd pairing and breaking out amazingly. Sure, it's possible. It's also possible that he's waived out of camp. That's also not likely. But can he have some value? Definitely, he was a quiet surprise for the Sharks in the 30g he was healthy.
Some Sharks fans (myself included) are a little bummed that we gave him up in this transaction, but time will tell. Others think that he's a replacement level depth player who had to play 50g to avoid UFA, plus we're up against the 50 contract limit, so who cares.
Also it's pretty funny to see the schizophrenia around the discussion re: market price. There's a lot of illogic going on. "Grier got fleeced," because that market is invisible to us so people can just pretend that the price should have been a 1st or 2nd (even though EDM has neither in 2025, and there could have been multiple teams in on the cap dump). However, Broberg's market value is now 4.5MM because that's what the offer sheet dictates it is, since two teams are willing to pay him that, so that's now an OK price for him even if people would want it lower.
The clear winners, as others have said, are Holloway and Broberg who got big raises no matter what. STL comes out neutral or with 1-2 roster additions. EDM loses a controversial vet (some love it, some think it may not look so good in April), makes space to sign one or both offer sheets, and gets a prospect back. SJS improves their blue line with a well-liked RD (sadly, immediately our best defenseman), gets a 3rd, likely gets another 3rd or so at the TDL, and moves a roster player out who we probably wouldn't have been able to keep beyond this year anyway.