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Originally Posted by CaptainCrunch
Not just that, There's no way that Holloway is going to agree to league minimum when he got paid 925 last year, nor Boingboing.
And it would bode really badly for future negotiations for both players in the future if the Oilers play hard ball.
I will expect that they're both going to be looking in the 1.5 range.
I mean after the hype up for both players, and that they're really outside of Savoie the only somewhat decent young players that the Oilers have, they can't play hardball.
the only way around it then would be to use one of them as inducement to move Kane's cap hit.
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I agree that the offer sheets should be a threat, but they're not. When has a player ever been signed to the minimum compensation offer sheet?
The league minimum is too extreme but I see both signing for sub-$900k. Their qualifying offers are $875k.
Going back to the Ryan Mcleod comparison, Mcleod was a full time nhler when they strong-armed him into accepting less than his qualifying offer. Both Holloway and Broberg spent significant time in the minors last year.
Mcleod then had arbitration rights, elected arbitration, and cashed in with a big pay bump before his hearing. Which then priced him out of the Oilers plans this year.
Do we really think think that a management team with this track record is above playing hardball on a couple of rookies?
They will both be wanting $1.5m and hoping for an offer sheet. When that doesn't come, they will limp in right before training camp with 1 year deals at <$900k.