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Originally Posted by Enoch Root
you've made multiple assumptions here, but I'll just address one - I think they could have offered more and still be within the comp window for the 3rd (I don't remember, but I don't think they offered max amount for a 3rd
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The offer from the Blues was the exact maximum for a 3rd: $2,290,457. I checked.
The combined offers to Broberg and Holloway were designed to make it as hard as possible for the Oilers to match without giving up a first in compensation – and also to make it impossible for any other team to make a better offer without going up to the next compensation bracket. Apparently nobody thought it was worth giving up a 2nd + cap space for Holloway, or a 1st + 3rd + cap space for Broberg.
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That brings up an interesting question though: do teams know what has been offered by others? I presume not. I assume each team would have to make their offer with a blind bid
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I don't ever recall seeing any such rule. What I do know is that there is no rule requiring a team to make only one bid. If an agent receives an offer and says, ‘Not enough,’ the team can always make a better offer.