Can the Edmonton Oilers Survive Losing Both Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg?

Who's the Bigger Loser: Dylan Holloway or Philip Broberg?

The Edmonton Oilers were one win away from a historic Stanley Cup victory. However, Edmonton fell to the Florida Panthers in Game 7, and the real work began a few days later.

With Ken Holland no longer the general manager, CEO Jeff Jackson brought back Adam Henrique, Corey Perry, and Mattias Janmark and added Jeff Skinner and Viktor Arvidsson.

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The Oilers were already dealing with a salary cap, but teams can exceed it by 10% at the start of the season. The two most important things were finding a GM and extending Leon Draisaitl.

Jackson hired Stan Bowman, which made it a priority to sign Draisaitl to be added. However, that left players like Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg listed on the offer sheet as restricted free agents.

There were reports that these agreements should be finalized in January but it happened. Now, the Oilers find themselves in a bind as they look to return to the Stanley Cup Finals and finish their story.

Edmonton Oilers reporter Ryan Rishaug joined Sarah Davis on TSN SportsCentre to discuss the St. Louis offer sheets. Louis Blues for Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg and what could be a big loss for the Oilers.

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Sarah Davis: “And have you ever wondered, if the Oilers were to lose one or both of these players, how much would that hurt this current team, Ryan?”

Ryan Rishaug: “That's a good question. It hurts. I mean, to put it plainly, Dylan Holloway has been penciled in for me as the third-row left winger in this team who has had the opportunity to challenge for top six minutes up front. Phillip Broberg would have been penciled in as the third defenseman to challenge for the second minute.

They are two of the top young players in the organization, both were ready to push for more time with a big bite, with a decent salary, and that is what hurts them the most, losing good players who will be good dollars. this year. So I think no disrespect to Dylan Holloway, he was very good in the playoffs. I think Philip Broberg would probably be the biggest loss of the two.

To me, this player stepped into the biggest stage of the Stanley Cup Finals and showed that he is ready. So it would be a loss if one of these two players is gone. But Sarah, I have to say, I mean, the Oilers put themselves in this situation in so many ways. I don't think any of these players have been treated very well over the last few seasons under Ken Holland and Jay Woodcroft.

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I think that with good young players, they should understand why they are not in the NHL and have a clear plan to develop in a place where they get more minutes, or they need to be in the NHL very clearly. development plan.

And I think at times, these two players have been left hanging and floating around with an unclear plan, and I think that's created some problems, and the Oilers are where they are right now in a really tough situation. “

Davis: “Yeah, it'll be interesting to see what the Oilers do over the next few days. But before Tuesday, only 10 offer sheets had been signed in the lead-up period, only two of those were not matched, so we'll see Ryan, thanks for this. “

It will be interesting to see how Bowman and the Oilers handle this situation moving forward.