[News] Oilers do not match offer sheets on Broberg & Holloway. Acquire 2028 3rd & Fischer

[Zary's-Mustache]

Remember when oilers signed Arvidsson and media were praising it?

Well that signing is likely why oilers couldn't match and what probably made st louis realize they couldn't match. Another forward who puts up some points over a up and coming d man? I think any contender would take broberg.

Also signing Perry who was mostly useless in the playoffs is probably the reason they couldn't match Holloway.

Good asset management Oilers.

[stemit14]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

Well they have draft capital to make a trade now. It won’t be simple with how poorly they have structured their cap.

Ceci trade makes even less sense now. Maybe Kane won’t go on LTIR.

Doesn’t seem like anyone was looking to give them a discount based on those offers lol

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

If I were the GM of the Oilers I would be gunning for Askorov. It would give hope for the future and make a pretty strong argument for why the two Oilers players should stay.

What could they offer? Anything they offer up would make it so they won’t have the assets to trade for any defencemen to fill the holes they have made.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by stemit14

What could they offer? Anything they offer up would make it so they won’t have the assets to trade for any defencemen to fill the holes they have made.

Well Bowman can call Treliving and ask him how he can package a 2nd 3rd and 4th and get himself a 7th dman. He has a lot of experience in that.

[topfiverecords]

Haha Oilers, at least match on Holloway you idiots. Ah well, I guess you need to start thinking about those draft slots so you can restock Bakersfield with career AHLers.

I thought you weren't allowed to trade draft picks four years ahead though?

[Paulie Walnuts]

Originally Posted by topfiverecords

Haha Oilers, at least match on Holloway you idiots. Ah well, I guess you need to start thinking about those draft slots so you can restock Bakersfield with career AHLers.

I thought you weren't allowed to trade draft picks four years ahead though?

Seen draft picks in the 30's being traded, but I may be mistaking that for the NBA.

[Paulie Walnuts]

So the Oilers are going to roll with.

Elkhom - Bouchard
Stecher - Nurse
Emberson - Kulak
Brown

And this is them going all in?

Flames

Weegar - Miramanov
Bean - Andersson
Bahl - Pachal
Hanley

Not great, but I would take Bean over Nurse.

[Toast_Man]

Originally Posted by Zary's-Mustache

Remember when oilers signed Arvidsson and media were praising it?

Well that signing is likely why oilers couldn't match and what probably made st louis realize they couldn't match. Another forward who puts up some points over a up and coming d man? I think any contender would take broberg.

Also signing Perry who was mostly useless in the playoffs is probably the reason they couldn't match Holloway.

Good asset management Oilers.

Let's not forget about Connor Brown's bonus. That 3.25 mil would have come in handy.

[Paulie Walnuts]

Still remember early July when Oiler fans said they don't need a GM they have Jackson, its the summer of Jackson.

At least with Treliving the summer of Treliving unraveled during the season. Jackson's summer has come unglued within weeks.

[Hot_Flatus]

Originally Posted by Zary's-Mustache

Remember when oilers signed Arvidsson and media were praising it?

Well that signing is likely why oilers couldn't match and what probably made st louis realize they couldn't match. Another forward who puts up some points over a up and coming d man? I think any contender would take broberg.

Also signing Perry who was mostly useless in the playoffs is probably the reason they couldn't match Holloway.

Good asset management Oilers.

I actually think Arvidsson was the right move in terms of a player that can get them over the hump. Problem is he is a band aid and rarely healthy and not the right guy to go after.

[HOOT]

Originally Posted by Bingo

Oilers pass Pittsburgh to be the oldest team in the league. And get a 30 handle!

Since the 2004-05 lockout only three teams over 30 year average have reached the Cup finals, one of them winning. What is even crazier is they will be only the fourth team in the past decade to ice a team over 30.




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[Saqe]

Originally Posted by getbak

I hope this is because Kane refused to play the fake LTIR game.

This would be... perfect. I hope he throws a temper tantrum on top and refuses to go on LTIR at all, let alone the entire year. Cosmic justice!

[OldDutch]

Originally Posted by getbak

There is great rejoicing in the Holloway and Broberg households.

We joke on congratulation to people leaving Edmonton, but for Holland it couldn’t be more true.

For all his flaws, he saw writing on the wall and left. Now he can milk being the GM who finally got the Oilers to the status the were destined to be. As the Oilers falter he will only look better. Did what no one else did.

Point being, that team is just a cluster, that a person like Holland can come in goof his way to SCF and look better than the organization. What a tire fire

[GreenLantern2814]

Once again, I am forced to ask why the Oilers insisted on drafting Broberg and Holloway in the first place instead of trading those picks for more established assets, who could help Connor McDavid and Leon.

Like, even if you insisted on building around younger players, A first round pick and two seconds will reliably get you an RFA top six forward or a top four defenceman in the 21 to 23 year old age range. For at least a decade now.

That gets you a Player who will have 0 trade protections and be inclined to sign for longer to have their stats pumped by the two best players in the world.

In the cap era, The Oilers have drafted their own 1st round selection every year except this one and 2006.

Absurd.

Once you have your McDavid and Draisaitl and once you get two years post their draft, three max, you have to stop drafting 18-year-olds because they won’t be ready in time.

See Broberg, Philip and Holloway, Dylan. They were seat fillers on the one Stanley Cup run. The Oilers have managed with McDavid. And now they’re blues.

I just don’t get it.

[Meers]

Older, slower and weaker on the blue line. But, at least they’ll have less targets for the pedophiles Bowman hires.

[Redrum]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

If I were the GM of the Oilers I would be gunning for Askorov. It would give hope for the future and make a pretty strong argument for why the two Oilers players should stay.

Didn't they draft Wallstedt? Oh nevermind, another team used the Oilers' pick to get him. HAHAHA!!!

[Locke]

Originally Posted by OldDutch

We joke on congratulation to people leaving Edmonton, but for Holland it couldn’t be more true.

For all his flaws, he saw writing on the wall and left. Now he can milk being the GM who finally got the Oilers to the status the were destined to be. As the Oilers falter he will only look better. Did what no one else did.

Point being, that team is just a cluster, that a person like Holland can come in goof his way to SCF and look better than the organization. What a tire fire

I dont know about Holloway but by all accounts Broberg was desperate to GTFO of Edmonton. Last I heard was 2 trade requests?

And...those are coming from a player that really doesnt have much in terms of NHL leverage. Its pretty ballsy to demand a trade at his level and age.

[Sylvanfan]

Originally Posted by HOOT

Since the 2004-05 lockout only three teams over 30 year average have reached the Cup finals, one of them winning. What is even crazier is they will be only the fourth team in the past decade to ice a team over 30.




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Even since the 2013 lockout, the league again got younger as the revenue split dropped to 50-50, and the flat cap Covid era of 2021 to now has shed more off the average age. I don't think now is a time when you want your teams average age to be over 30.

[CaptainCrunch]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

If I were the GM of the Oilers I would be gunning for Askorov. It would give hope for the future and make a pretty strong argument for why the two Oilers players should stay.

They really don't have the assets to get even close to that. The Oilers future is now the time is now.

[dino7c]

I love how Oiler fans thought these players were

awesome
terrible
awesome again
and now terrible and overpaid

[SuperMatt18]

Originally Posted by getbak

I hope this is because Kane refused to play the fake LTIR game.

This wouldn't surprise me.

Kane likely sees the writing on the wall that he's a buyout candidate next season.

It will save them $2.7M next year, with only a penalty of $1.3M in 26/27.

I don't think Kane wants to sit on LTIR all season, only to then play in the playoffs, and then end up having to be a UFA who hadn't played at all the season before and in tough to get a contract.