Maybe 4.5 was a lot of money when they made this old-timey GIF, but nowadays it’s quite common for GMs to pay for a player’s possible potential to lock him up. In the Blues’ case, if it’s that big of a mistake, it’ll be off the books in no time. However if Broberg becomes a solid second pairing D-man, they look pretty smart here.
Confirmed Signing with Link: [STL] F Dylan Holloway (2 years, $2.290457M AAV) and D Philip Broberg (2 years, $4.580917M AAV) sign offer sheets with the Blues (not matched)
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Maybe 4.5 was a lot of money when they made this old-timey GIF, but nowadays it’s quite common for GMs to pay for a player’s possible potential to lock him up. In the Blues’ case, if it’s that big of a mistake, it’ll be off the books in no time. However if Broberg becomes a solid second pairing D-man, they look pretty smart here.
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Then how did tampa manage to do their thing where they had a top money guy injured and was able to replace him in the off season?
VainGretzky
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Holloway was the decoy so Oilers let Broberg go if it was just one offer sheet of 4.5 Million the Oilers would have probably accepted it
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Can they match and trade or do they need to keep them for a year? Could probably get more than a 3rd for Holloway.
I love this move for the Blues. Been a fan of the Oilers my entire life but as long as Bowman is a part of the team I wish nothing but this worst for this franchise.
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Need to hold them for a year if they match, which does complicate deals for Draisaitl and Bouchard.
They have to sign it, and Jiricek is closer to 5 years before you can offer sheet..
I wonder if a Kulak for Tucker Poolman+ makes sense for both teams now. Edmonton gets to keep both players through LTIR and Vancouver gets an upgrade on Forbort on the bottom pair?
Because their actual value on the trade market is more than a 2nd + 3rd. If you don't need the cap space, you might as well take a stab at some young player's potentials.
Plus it doesn't hurt giving the franchise that employs Bowman the middle finger.
Oh nooooo, they will be making millions of dollars but other players in the room who are also making millions will be in their fee fees. How sad.
Or more likely, hockey players aren’t as soft as fans on message boards. Their job is to play a game and make as much money as they can during their relatively short careers, they’re not there to make fans happy about their team’s cap situation. f***in deal with it.
Signing non-NHL players to offer sheets would certainly be interesting. Good luck.
Yeah and then Pronger wanted out after one year. Nobody cares about playing there.
Because they were cap complient during season added at start of season look it up
They cant they already 350k in the whole.
You all pooed on bouchard how is he doing now. You guys do not have the patience to let a kid develop
Thing is they have a week to figure out something for Holloway and it should be easy enough. Rumours that Kane might go on LTIR, needs surgery and out for months into the season.
They could easily trade Ceci and save a few bucks there. Will always be teams looking for RHD. A team will take him.
But if Kane goes on LTIR they will have the money to match Holloway and it'll give them time to make a deal so they have space when Kane gets healthy
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It is offseason, you can be over the cap right now. They can make trades to manoeuvre if need be.
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You can't actually match that if you're the Oilers on Brodude right? Like...that's wayyyyyyyyyyy too much for a guy who has put together the shortest of promising stretches possible. It's basically an offer sheet on "draft pedigree" and "tools". And 2 x $4.5 is a stupid big number for that. Especially when the Oilers are tight on cap.
The Holloway one...take it or leave it i guess. Probably not a huge deal either way, but he's at least useful depth, and the price isn't that outrageous if he ever starts scoring even a little bit more as expected.
But if i'm Edmonton, i'm letting them both go. Then using the draft capital returns to get a better depth Forward and a much more reliable "right now" defenceman somewhere.
The Holloway one...take it or leave it i guess. Probably not a huge deal either way, but he's at least useful depth, and the price isn't that outrageous if he ever starts scoring even a little bit more as expected.
But if i'm Edmonton, i'm letting them both go. Then using the draft capital returns to get a better depth Forward and a much more reliable "right now" defenceman somewhere.
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I’m still wondering in what world the Blues think that at this point in his career they think Broberg is worth $4.5/per for 2 seasons? Sounds like desperation to me! So if the Oilers can’t keep him or Holloway, then how you deal with this is you trade them to the Blues division rivals!!
They don't think Broberg is worth the ridiculous sheet they just sent him - They just know Edmonton can't match the offer because of their horribly mismanaged CAP that idiot Holland left behind.
Pluck a couple young players with potential to grow for money....which apparently the owner has said is a-ok!. Weird you are seeing desperation by St. Louis....it's literally the exact opposite.
Vancouver is not going to help out a divisional rival for a (minor, if that?) upgrade on Forbort who they just signed this summer.
Good man.
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Idk if Broberg's value at 4.5 is more than a second. He's an exciting question mark, but it's a steep number for a question mark.
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You are allowed to be 10 percent over the cap in the offseason but have to be cap compliant when it starts. Then you go into LTIr. You can’t start the season in LTIR. Teams get around this by icing less players
This was honestly one of my first thoughts when the Oilers hired him - how will his history affect transactions and relationships with other clubs (and similarly, how will it affect willingness of players to sign with Edmonton going forward).
The summer started off so well for the Oilers. Then they dropped a giant turd in the pool with the Bowman hire, and now St. Louis has done a wonderful job at putting the Oilers into a very tight spot.
Being an Oilers fan sure is fun sometimes.
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