With the collective futures of Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway in query, it seems the Edmonton Oilers might have discovered at the least one resolution Sunday once they acquired ahead Vasily Podkolzin in a commerce with the Vancouver Canucks.
The Oilers obtained the 23-year-old Podkolzin, the No. 10 choose in 2019, in trade for a 2025 fourth-round choose from the Ottawa Senators acquired in a earlier commerce.
An already wage cap-strapped Oilers have been confronted with one other problem final Tuesday when the St. Louis Blues used an aggressively strategic tactic by signing Broberg and Holloway to a pair of provide sheets figuring out the Oilers would possibly realistically half with at the least one, if not, each gamers.
The Oilers have till Tuesday to match the phrases of the provide sheets, per part 10.3 of the NHL collective bargaining settlement.
Broberg, a defenseman, obtained a two-year contract value $4.58 million yearly whereas Holloway, a ahead, was given a two-year deal value $2.29 million yearly. Ought to the Oilers decline their proper of first refusal, the Blues should give the Oilers a second-round choose for Broberg and a third-round choose for Holloway.
Previous to the provide sheets, the Oilers have been greater than $350,000 over the cap after having an aggressive offseason. Lower than two weeks after they misplaced Sport 7 of the Stanley Cup Last to the Florida Panthers, the Oilers added forwards Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner whereas signing defenseman Josh Brown. In addition they introduced again forwards Connor Brown, Adam Henrique, Mattias Janmark and Corey Perry along with defenseman Troy Stetcher.
However with the Blues’ provide sheets, it left the Oilers making an attempt to determine how they’d have the ability to afford at the least one, if not, each gamers whereas the Blues have greater than $7 million in cap area by comparability.
Though Podkolzin hasn’t fairly hit the heights anticipated of the No. 10 choose, he would supply the Oilers with a younger participant on a team-friendly contract as he’ll earn $1 million yearly over the following two years. He had two factors in 19 video games with the Canucks final season whereas scoring 15 objectives and 28 factors in 44 video games with their AHL affiliate.
For his profession, Podkolzin has 18 objectives and 35 factors in 137 video games.