[News] Blues offersheet Broberg (2 yrs, $4.580 mil AAV) and Holloway (2 yrs, $2.290 mil AAV)

[Reggie Dunlop]

Signing a Blues offer is basically a cry for help. If the Oilers match, I think humanitarian concerns should take precedence. Amnesty International should get involved.

[chemgear]

Hopefully they're able to escape that ####hole for their sake.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by CorsiHockeyLeague

I don't know what the going rate is right now given it's late August and it's not a great time to make a trade, but leaving it for the next real trading window (i.e. late in training camp) is a major risk and probably leads to a worse return simply due to teams knowing they have you by the balls.

But I generally agree with the nature of the trades you're suggesting. The benefit of the RNH move is that they actually HAVE to get something back here - either in the trade that gives them this cap space, or elsewhere. Because they won't have Kane and they'll need a couple of bodies after moving someone out.

I think the best option is probably to do the Ceci thing and hope you can land one of the players who inevitably gets traded in September when it becomes clear they're going to end up on waivers anyway.

Oilers will sign both, think they will move Ceci.

To Oilers
2025 5th

To Flames
Cody Ceci
Matthew Savoie

[CalgaryFan1988]

If the Oilers lose both players, wonder if Kane will have a miraculous recovery.

[Bonded]

lol best post on HF is that Holloway is dumb and left money on the table because he would have had a 90 point season with McDrai and secured a 9 million dollar deal.

[MrMike]

Originally Posted by Paulie Walnuts

The last one I remember was Penner and Anaheim announced they are not matching.

I can't believe Burke was actually going to beat up Lowe lol.

Carolina said very fast that they were going to be matching Montreals offer sheet to Aho, but waiting until the deadline to do it so the Habs had their picks locked in and couldn't do anything else with them.

[CalgaryFan1988]

Originally Posted by Bonded

lol best post on HF is that Holloway is dumb and left money on the table because he would have had a 90 point season with McDrai and secured a 9 million dollar deal.

I would bet Holloway is praying the Oilers don't match.

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by SutterBrother

I was listening to Oilers Nation (for the salt) and they were talking about how they should trade Ceci to help with the cap crunch.

My only thought was "what draft pick(s) are you including for other teams to take him on?"

There's no "trade" to be made here right? It's like Monny and MTL, no?

Cody Ceci is the exact type of player the Flames should be all over if the Oilers get desperate to clear cap space. One year left at $3.25mil is meaningless to us and the player sucks, while we're hoping to be bottom 10 at minimum this year.

It's perfect. Half Sean Monahan's salary when he got a first, so we'll take a 2nd for him and add another valuable bullet in the chamber.

[Circa89]

Having never been a core piece of an NHL locker room I have no idea but how do the Oiler players reconcile with these two knowing they willingly helped sabotage the Oilers season given the cap implications if they were to match. I think there might be some resentment towards Broberg and Holloway. Awkward training camp?



Holy run on sentence Batman!

[Street Pharmacist]

Originally Posted by Circa89

Having never been a core piece of an NHL locker room I have no idea but how do the Oiler players reconcile with these two knowing they willingly helped sabotage the Oilers season given the cap implications if they were to match. I think there might be some resentment towards Broberg and Holloway. Awkward training camp?



Holy run on sentence Batman!

I don't think a single player on the Oilers would begrudge a couple guys who were likely going to need to take $1-2M deals for only a year or two with no certainty on they're next contact.

[Jiri Hrdina]

Originally Posted by Johnny Makarov

Are these 2 guys on the 960 idiots?

"With $1 more the Blues would have had to give up a 1st and 3rd for Broberg!! With$1 more the Blues would have to give up a 2nd than a 3rd for Holloway!!! How lucky is that??"

WTF?? lol ummm thats why they went $1 below the threshold.... jesus

Which is what they said
They were specifically outlining how intentionally precise the offers were
Not sure what the issue is

[Locke]

Originally Posted by jayswin

Cody Ceci is the exact type of player the Flames should be all over if the Oilers get desperate to clear cap space. One year left at $3.25mil is meaningless to us and the player sucks, while we're hoping to be bottom 10 at minimum this year.

It's perfect. Half Sean Monahan's salary when he got a first, so we'll take a 2nd for him and add another valuable bullet in the chamber.

We're going to suck either way, why should we help them?

[Dion]

Thank you Holland!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1823497373001375933

[jayswin]

Originally Posted by Locke

We're going to suck either way, why should we help them?

Because you don't let pride or a rivalry get in the way of strengthening our rebuild? And you're acquiring a valuable asset - a second round pick?? First of all, they'll find someone to take on a contract like that with a payment to do so, so most likely they'd get rid of him whether it's us or someone else, so it should be us.

And secondly, even if we were the only team to take on a bad contract for a pick or two, I'd still do it because I'm a Flames fan and I want the Flames to be a contender down the road. That happens with more bullets in the chamber. And a 2nd round pick for Cody Ceci would be found money.

[Reggie Dunlop]

Chiadenfreude all over again.

[Sofa GM]

Originally Posted by Dion

Thank you Holland!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1823497373001375933

Oh now it’s blame Holland time.

[Redrum]

Originally Posted by Dion

Thank you Holland!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1823497373001375933

Wouldn't surprise me. But it also wouldn't surprise me if this is No goods/No good media taking a dump on ex-No goods. Somebody has to be blamed and it can't be anyone currently no good.

[memphusk]

Originally Posted by Dion

Thank you Holland!

https://twitter.com/user/status/1823497373001375933

How do you extend players that never get a chance to play? These guys want to play and thats not an option in the sweatpantry.

[memphusk]

Once Dink and Piss leave, that place is going to be a wasteland. Oiler fans might mock Calgary now but oh boy. The best is yet to come.

[Erick Estrada]

Originally Posted by Sofa GM

Oh now it’s blame Holland time.

Pretty much as this is what the Oilers do. Stauffer is pretty well a mouthpiece for the organization so he's been instructed to deflect blame in the direction of Holland. Pretty classless move IMO.