He did also say that He has talked with manson and Woody about Broberg and they see him developing into a top 4 defenceman.I went through it and I'll just post what I read.
Regarding Staios:
Holland will figure it out. Will see what the future brings. Says lots of good people in the business and that people come and go.
Focused majorly on this off season more than anything.
"You've got to stick with it. You can't just blow up half the team. We're in a salary-cap world. There's contracts. There's commitments."
Says we'd like to have the team to get better defensively (in regards to the tweaking).
Asked about if they can shoehorn another high-priced player under the salary cap:
"No chance."
Buyouts:
Possible, but hoping to avoid it because he would have money on the cap going forward.
RFA's (Bouchard, Kostin, Lavoie, McLeod, Rodrigue):
Will all be qualified.
Free agency:
(No mentions of Bjugstad anywhere so it looks like he's going to be looking for a new team)
Having conversations with Janmark.
Has to figure out Lavoie at camp.
Says its important to build a bottom 6 that can check, kill penalties, and chip in some offence.
Not in on the $4/5/6 million players. Says he's not even sure we're in on even the $2.5/3 million players. It'll be maybe a sixth or seventh defenceman. Has to figure out what he's going to do with Broberg and Desharnais. Has to sort out the bottom part of the forward roster.
Broberg:
Doesn't like him playing 7th d for his development and growth as he needs to play 15-20 minutes to prosper. He needs to be able to be in the line up every night. Can play on RD, but Broberg's more comfortable playing LD. Says his development and growth weighs in Holland's mind on a regular basis.
In regards to trading Broberg:
Doesn't have the answer right now, but it does weigh on his mind. Says Broberg is still young as well turning 22.
"We're in win now mode. That's why I traded a 2nd pick for Kulak and kept him."
Trying to bring in VET D (like the Ekholm trade) as come playoff time, they'd probably win with vet D than kids.
Holland has to sort it all out.
Regarding the picks they have in this year's draft:
Planning to use both the 6th and 7th pick unless a deal comes in place for them which Holland says he doesn't expect it to happen.
Set in goal with Soup and Stu.
I'll say again, Oilers had a heavy scouting presence in Niagara alone. I saw Steve, Bob and a young guy (Mitch?) several times. That's Niagara alone. I'm sure they covered the OHL well.Seravalli also said Oilers have a small front office and NO SCOUT IN ONTARIO..
WHAT THE f*** IS BOB NICHOLSON DOING
Im not so sure this is true. I feel like a majority if not all of the major moves this team has made were telegraphed from 1000 miles out.
We heard originally heard about Ekholm early in the season at a time when no one even considered him to be available or likely to be traded. We heard Bjugstads name months earlier before we really knew if it was likely. We heard about the Hyman and Campbell signings way in advance. Theres more examples than that, too.
Either theres leaky pipes at the oilers office or Holland isnt really playing shit close to his chest at all. Seems like we can pretty much bank on a Yamo move at this point and a Konecny trade is highly plausible at some point this season for better or for worse.
I can only speak for myself, but I believe him because I myself am friends with someone who is related to someone in management. So it's entirely plausible someone else has a similar situation!lol I don't know how people constantly fall for the "I have a source" rumors on this board.
Why is this fat oaf even still here? He should be pounding rocks in a prison.Seravalli also said Oilers have a small front office and NO SCOUT IN ONTARIO..
WHAT THE f*** IS BOB NICHOLSON DOING
I like Pesce too, but given what Severson just got, I feel like he’s going to be another 30 year old getting a huge retirement contract. I guess if you get 3 solid years out of it that’s a win, but I dunno.You know I would love to get Konecny but if there is even a chance to get Pesce, we should be going all in. He is the right handed Ekholm. He had 30 points last season and he's a beast at defence and his puck moving is brilliant
Actually, one person brought him up in November.Yup. I didn't expect him to lay out his master plan to the friggin Athletic lol
Actually no. Everyone thought we'd go for Chychrun or Gavrikov. No one brought up Ekholm until like 30 minutes before it was done.
Bjugstad was talked about but it said Oilers were out on him 10 minutes before we got him lol. Holland doesn't lay his plan out to articles and the media
Stauffer hints that Bouchard and McLeod may be potential UFA Offersheets
They were in North Bay a lot, obviously.I'll say again, Oilers had a heavy scouting presence in Niagara alone. I saw Steve, Bob and a young guy (Mitch?) several times. That's Niagara alone. I'm sure they covered the OHL well.
He's Preds property via the Ekholm trade.McLeod is one player I don't want to see gone... He has improved and has good wheels. I am fine with any of Holloway, Borgeault or Schaefer going though... more magic beans.
we need a rookie sensation or another Kostin surprise
Which ones? Soderstrom? York? Harley? Thomson? Heinola? Bjornfot? Johnson? Or are we still whining about THE ONE taken after him that's hotdogging in Anaheim about to cost them over $7m?I get that he's 21, but he's shown barely anything compared to the ones drafted after him. There's no resemblance in him that makes me think he'll pan out like Klefbom either. He gained 10+ pounds last off season which completely took away his major strength of his game in his speed and skating. The Broberg I saw out there showed much to no flashes of brilliance despite being heavily sheltered by Woodcroft. If he can't even outplay Kulak or Desharnais on the bottom pairing, that's awful.
I'm not asking him to play like he's Makar out there, but when the guy hasn't shown much, its understandable why he gets ripped upon. My worry is that his value will drop to a Yakupov/Puljujarvi level if he isn't moved out sooner than later. Heck, and I thought Olli Juolevi was disappointing enough.
I'm not going to fall for the training camp hype this upcoming season like I did with Holloway.Matvey Petrov makes the team out of camps and snipes 40.... man can dream
Nobody in the league is waiving their NMC to go to Winnipeg.Does Winnipeg need a center if they deal Dubois? RNH for Pionk?
Not exactly instilling a lot of confidence.
Upgrade the f***ing defense dude.
That’s probably accurate. Three way deal? Trade RNH where he’d accept a trade to and send the return to the Jets for Pionk?Nobody in the league is waiving their NMC to go to Winnipeg.
I think it's reasonable that we'll see a bit of a shift on the bottom end of the defense. Holland has to make a decision on what's happening with Broberg. If they want him in Edmonton next year, Kulak is likely getting pushed out. And we're a RD short as it stands.The D isn't going to change until next trade deadline. The D as it is, will be good enough to make playoffs again quite easily. We'll have Ekholm all season remember, and Broberg/VD should be solid 6/7 guys all year. We'll run our current D and then try to upgrade at the trade deadline. I think this is pretty obviously the smart thing to do really.
Making our top 6 worse is definitely the way to go said no rational person ever.That’s probably accurate. Three way deal? Trade RNH where he’d accept a trade to and send the return to the Jets for Pionk?