Here is the report on it from Staples (just his thoughts - not all the tweets he reposted):
"My take
1. I can’t see the Oilers letting go of these two players. At worst, Edmonton would match the offer, then trade both players in the hopes of getting more than a second round pick for Broberg and a third round pick for Holloway. Both are worth more than the NHL compensation scheme allows.
2. Suddenly, the talk of Evander Kane from Bob Stauffer of the Oilers makes far more sense to me. If Kane is banged up at all, it would make sense that he have time to fully recover. If he’s out for a few months doing so, this will give Edmonton time to either move out Broberg or Holloway, or trade away some other players in order to get cap compliant.
3. Of course, you also match because you don’t want to give St. Louis a win out of this, and getting Broberg and Holloway for those prices a great deal for them. Offer sheets are within the collective bargaining agreement, but they’re still resented in the NHL to some extent. I can see little chance that the OIlers would let the Blues walk away with their two players.
4. Outsiders celebrating this move today? Hey, it’s a free world, but it’s interesting to see which supposedly impartial NHL observers dislike the Oilers."
Ummm hilarious... I believe it was mentioned earlier in this thread that they can't trade either player for one full year from the offer sheet signing, so there goes his #1 point. You would think that a "professional writer" would know the situation before making that suggestion. LOL
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