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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
Not matching is probably the right thing to do TBH especially with Broberg.
Pacific division is pretty weak, and the Oilers should be able to get into the playoffs regardless.
As of right now the Oilers have $1.9M of cap space without Broberg and Holloway on the roster. That's with 13 forwards, and 6 d-men signed on the roster.
Their forwards are deep enough they probably don't need Holloway at $2.3M (although personally I'd match that).
And on defense they probably could use another body, but I don't think Broberg at $4.6M makes sense in their cap structure.
If I were the Oilers I'd be going into the season with this roster, leaning on the stars and forward to get you into a playoff spot, and then when you have a ton of cap space at the deadline due to cap accrual you try to bring in actual top end talent to put you over the top ($1.9M in cap space they have right now, is more like $8M or so at the deadline I think).
I'd rather be able to add a dman like Burns, Provorov, Chychrun etc at the deadline than give Broberg $4.6M right now.
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Matching Broberg is dumb at that salary, but they really have no option now after trading Ceci.
Who slides up? Josh Brown?
After the top pairing which us plumped up by McDavid, it just may be the worst d core in the NHL.
They are lucky the pacific is weak as it is that they can probably win the division with 100 points. They wont last in the playoffs if a team plays them the way Florida did.