Oilers did this to themselves though.
They went and Signed Arvidsson, Skinner, and Henrique to a combined $10M worth of deals, which is admittedly perfectly good value for those guys. But they invested all their cap space in 3 forwards who are 31, 32, and 34 years old, and now are potentially losing a 22 year old and 23 year old who were top 15 picks for very little in return.
And for Holloway and Broberg the writing is a bit on the wall, even if you break out in Edmonton you're not getting paid by them because all focus will be on Draisaitl, Bouchard, and McDavid.
So most likely outcome is you sign a cheaper deal to stay in Edmonton now...and then end up getting traded anyways (ie. Ryan Mcleod). So might as well cash in now while you can, get more opportunity to play, and probably more opportunity to cash in later.
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