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)

[Filthy Dangles]

Man, the pressure to live up to that contract Broberg signed would be “Nurse-esque” in Edmonton so I can’t see how they match that

The pressure won’t be nearly as intense in sleepy St. Louis
Holloway you keep..he’s overpaid but that’s 3rd line money

"Sleepy St. Louis"

So stupid and cringeworthy that it's kinda funny.

 

[Nanuuk]

Wow. 39 pages already. As a Flames fan these signings put Edmonton in a pickle and I'm all for it.

I'd say some overpaying going on here and the Oilers will choose to keep one of them unless Bowman can offload a veteran or two.

 

[SupremeTeam16]

who f***ing cares

the Cardinals rule that city, not the Blues

Rams then Cardinals.

 

[WetcoastOrca]

"Sleepy St. Louis"

So stupid and cringeworthy that it's kinda funny.

As opposed to the bright lights of Edmonton!

 

[Robtom18]

Ceci is also healthy, and most importantly, plays a position where nearly every team wants to upgrade on.

He is not an upgrade. Not to many want him and knowing edm is in a jam zero.vaule.

 

[Robtom18]

Here's where we likely are with it. We know and accept that our fate is to suck for a few years before hopefully a strong 2023 draft class leads them back into contention. Everything seems on track for this plan except we don't know if we have the right D in our system. Jiricek and Lindstein and Kessel need to overachieve and/or we need to get lucky. Sound familiar?

So ordinarily what would worry me here is Armstrong has a tendency to throw good money after bad once he makes a bold move (for example obviously obviously obviously you expose Krug to Seattle instead of Dunn but he was committed), and so he wouldn't want to let Broberg go in a couple years if it doesn't work out, which it might or might not. However since Steen is taking over as GM at the same time this contract would be up if the Oilers don't match, I don't think we are worried he will feel locked into any Armstrong mistake. As for the player himself he has been put into plenty of offers toward us over the years and we have not been excited. However, we are open to new info when it arrives and he did play solidly in the Final, which suggests he may have now another level to his confidence, and in a young player that might make all the difference in his trajectory. On Broberg we are probably hoping they don't match so we can experiment. We are definitely most excited to not spend any time this season having to watch a slow little waterskiing squirt who can't hit the net from 20 feet on a slapshot play any hockey for us. That is first and foremost. This signing means we are not getting that even if the Oilers do match.

As for Holloway, it feels like the Oilers might match that one, but we are sooooo much more worried about or defense than our offense, we have a lot of strong offense about to emerge from the pipeline next 1-2 years

You are 100% correct

 

[Robtom18]

Its about the TEAM, especially when the team was 1 win away from the Stanley Cup. I don't care if they think they should be paid more, this was a potential once in a lifetime opportunity for them to be paid less for a year to win a championship, guys like Skinner/Arvidsson/Henrique who have paid dues a hell of a lot longer have bought into the TEAM. These two rookies have not, and id rather they get let go at this point.

Dude you have to win the cup for that pov to work out. Blues are stacked with two blue chips 4 5 frst round picks and one jake neighbors. Adding broberg and holloway is going to make blues stronger.

 

[Spearmint Rhino]

sure but the Oilers are THE team in Edmonton...like the Packers the THE team in Green Bay

one of the first things Pronger said when he got here in 2005 was how intense the market was

Was the 2nd thing Pronger said something about who’s that Weather Girl on the TV…

 

[bleedblue1223]

sure but the Oilers are THE team in Edmonton...like the Packers the THE team in Green Bay

one of the first things Pronger said when he got here in 2005 was how intense the market was

Funny to use Pronger as an example here.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

Funny to use Pronger as an example here.

right? cause he wanted out

 

[LemonSauceD]

Not really. The Blues have a huge following in STL.

Bro how the heck you know. Actually more people bleed blue. Cardinals havent had great attendance numbers blues a re.generally sold out every game just about


I love how crazed canadians think they know about us here lol.

He’s an Oiler fan. Oilers fans don’t really have much to look forward to seeing as they live in a city that pretty closely resembles to Siberia so any chance they have to try and flex how passionate and “tough” their market is to others, it’s really a display of insecurity.

sure but the Oilers are THE team in Edmonton...like the Packers the THE team in Green Bay

one of the first things Pronger said when he got here in 2005 was how intense the market was

And I wonder why Pronger wanted out.

Anyways, here’s a very relevant clip for you.

 

[Robtom18]

I guess we will see right?

Holloway wasn’t that impressive and got hurt easily and lot.

It’s funny to see people praising these players now when everyone thought they were junk on the oilers.

Neither players showed they were game breakers.

I have been eyeing them both

 

[Bounces R Way]

Oilers are already the oldest roster in the league. I dunno if they can really afford to lose both of these guys, even short term. I don't think either are all that great but both have good size and speed.

They better hope Stan the man brought in a cap specialist better than the one he had in Chicago, or whoever was running it the last 5-6 years in Edmonton.

 

[Three On Zero]

Jeff Jackson going magic bean hunting with Skinner and Arvidsson only to lose two home grown players could end up being a pretty terrible off season for him

 

[Robtom18]

Broberg has got to be as good as gone

That’s so much money for a guy who wasn’t even a regular last season

He will be a regular with the blues.

 

[CantHaveTkachev]

I guess we will see right?

Holloway wasn’t that impressive and got hurt easily and lot.

It’s funny to see people praising these players now when everyone thought they were junk on the oilers.

Neither players showed they were game breakers.

right? apparently Broberg and Holloway...just another couple of "failed" Oilers 1st round prospects they "ruined" like all the others
now all of the sudden they've got "great potential" lol

 

[I am Canadian]

I wonder if the Oilers got a heads up from the agents that this was happening, or if they just got the paperwork from the league

 

[GrumpyKoala]

He will be a regular with the blues.

Not for the right reasons

 

[ChicagoBlues]

Pronger wanting out of St. Louis is an idiotic take. Max stupidity.

That's not what happened.

 

[T REX]

Not really. The Blues have a huge following in STL.

Laila is all you need

 

[McShogun99]

Jeff Jackson going magic bean hunting with Skinner and Arvidsson only to lose two home grown players could end up being a pretty terrible off season for him

I don’t think you know what magic beans are. Everyone knows exactly what they’re getting with Skinner and Arvidsson. Broberg and Holloway could end up being nothing more than replacement level players or they could end up as all stars.

Oilers dropped the ball on waiting so long to sign their RFA’s while having a maxed out cap. They were pretty much setting themselves up for this. I personally thought that Holloway wouldn’t get offer sheeted but I thought a team would take a shot on Broberg.

 

[CaliforniaBlues310]

Rams then Cardinals.

You do know the Rams have been in LA since 2016 right?

 

[ChicagoBlues]

I don’t think you know what magic beans are. Everyone knows exactly what they’re getting with Skinner and Arvidsson. Broberg and Holloway could end up being nothing more than replacement level players or they could end up as all stars.

Oilers dropped the ball on waiting so long to sign their RFA’s while having a maxed out cap. They were pretty much setting themselves up for this. I personally thought that Holloway wouldn’t get offer sheeted but I thought a team would take a shot on Broberg.

Yeah, but McDavid's wedding was more important than tending to hockey business.

 

[Roof Daddy]

Jeff Jackson going magic bean hunting with Skinner and Arvidsson only to lose two home grown players could end up being a pretty terrible off season for him

The Skinner one was a bit perplexing as he was more of a luxury than a need BUT it was clearly about improving Draisaitl’s wingers for next year to entice him. Skinner at 3 million is a bargain and he is a finisher.

Arvidsson is a helluva player. If either of Holloway or Broberg reach his caliber it will be a pleasant surprise.

 

[centipede2233]

I don’t see how Edmonton can match the broberg offer sheet. Also, Beoberg shoots left which is easier to replace then a RD.