Exactly the same? Broberg didn't play in the playoffs last season? Broberg didn't give hope of turning the Nurse pairing into a potential 2nd pairing? Broberg doesn't represent the future?
Yeah, its just rosy for the Oilers. No impact at all. lol
It got weaker. And if the Oilers match, significantly weaker due to having to dump salary.
Yes, Broberg played in the playoffs last year, he was the #7 D-man in games played.... No, he didn't give hope of turning up the Nurse pair, as it was often explained to you, he gave hope of becoming a Decent-good D-man on the same side as Nurse. And no, he doesn't represent the future, the future of the Oilers depends on McD,Draisaitl, Hyman, Bouchard, Eklund and so no.... Our hopes don't start and end with Broberg, the only hope with Broberg before the offer sheet was that someday we maybe can give us a small bonus.
And despite what Oilers haters wanna think, while the offer shit puts us in a not so nice possition, the sky is not falling in Edmonton. Our hopes of making the playoffs and going deep do not rely on Broberg, and his potential impact is very very small compared with other players (and only if he plays like in the last 10% of the games of his career, otherwise he would have no impact wahtsoever).
Unless he progresses quite a bit over the next two years (which yes I know, can happen, but it also may NOT happen), this did NOT weakened our D for the next years.... But of course, all haters know that once a prospect leaves the Oilers he will suddenly become a star. We have seen that with Yakupov, with Pulju and now it is Broberg's turn.
The reality is that it will be few years until we really know if this offer shit trully hurt the Oilers or not.