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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Could have Broberg + Holloway for the same AAV (or less) as any one of Henrique, Skinner, or Arvidsson.
Not dealing with their RFAs before signing those 3 is a bit of a head scratcher.
Oilers thought they could lowball / squeeze them and not really have a Offer Sheet risk, but Blues called their bluff.
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The thing is that Skinner, Henrique, and Arvidsson are substantially better players than Broberg and Holloway.
I am kind of surprised Broberg was valued that highly around the league that a team wanted to throw that kind of money at him. The Holloway contract is only a little high in comparison. Next year when he has arb rights, the Oilers would probably have been looking at paying him $2+ million cap hit with arbitration looming anyway.
$4.5 for Broberg seems pretty far out of line. He was playing 3rd paring minutes in the playoffs and his underlying numbers weren't great. He shot 33% in the playoffs. Might have been a little lucky on his scoring numbers there. He hasn't been really developing much season over season either. Pretty even chance he's never worth $4.5 million.
I guess there is a chance that the Oilers trade Ceci/Kulak and LTIR Kane to keep both Holloway and Broberg, but the prudent move would be to match Holloway, let Broberg go for a second and use that pick as part of a package to bring in another top 4 guy at the deadline.