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Originally Posted by sevenarms
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.
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I can't see their agents agreeing to take paycuts for their players to help the Oilers out, I would expect that their agent would make some phonecalls. I mean even though Holloway hasn't been great, he's shown some good flashes and could be interesting.
They can also just not show up for camp, or make a play for Europe couldn't they at a lot more money.