And you thought August in the NHL was boring! The St. Louis Blues did all of us involved with the league a solid on Tuesday when they not only made a trade in which they re-acquired their own 2025 second-round pick and a 2026 fifth from the Pittsburgh Penguins for a 2026 second and 2025 third, but then put that re-acquired second on the line when they signed Edmonton Oilers restricted free agents defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway each to offer sheets. We have tendered offer sheets to Edmonton's Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway.
#stlblues DETAILS ➡️ https://t.co/HgShyE72bU https://t.co/HgShyE72bU Broberg signed for two years, $9,161,834 (a cap hit of $4,580,917 ) and Holloway for two years, $4,580,914 (a cap hit of $2,290,457) .
The exact amounts are for a reason. The Oilers have seven days to match the offers or let them go to the Blues. The very exact numbers are the max amounts yearly when it comes to compensation should the Oilers let them go.
Broberg would net Edmonton a second-round pick in 2025 and Holloway a third-round pick. These are the first offer sheets signed by a player since 2021 when the Carolina Hurricanes signed Montréal Canadiens forward Jesperi Kotkaniemi to one which the Canadiens opted to let him go and there's nothing spicier than an offer sheet in the NHL. We'll dig into the myriad reasons why offer sheets are great for the NHL and why teams should be using them more often.
After all, what's bad for one team can be a coup to g.