Oilers Rumors: Edmonton Able to Retain Both Holloway & Broberg

The Edmonton Oilers recently named Stan Bowman their new general manager and sure enough, Doug Armstrong of the St Louis Blues has thrown a wrench into Bowman's 90-day plan. The Blues signed both Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg to offer sheets, leaving the Oilers in a grind to create enough cap space to retain one, or both.

From the sounds of it, after Cody Ceci was dealt to the San Jose Sharks, Bowman should have an avenue to navigate the finances and ensure the Oilers are cap compliant, keeping both Holloway and Broberg in the mix.

Sportsnet's Mark Spector reported on the Oilers latest once the Ceci trade went down and had this to say on the roster heading into next season:

Put Evander Kane on long-term injured reserve to start the season, send down a veteran with a cap hit greater than $850,000 — likely one of newcomers Emberson or Podkolzin, or Josh Brown — and the Oilers can retain both Broberg and Holloway and be cap compliant. If Kane comes back mid-season, well, they’ll have to figure things out then.

We’ll find out on Monday afternoon what the Oilers' final plan looks like, but for now, it appears that Blues GM Doug Armstrong’s offer sheets have elicited some slick managing by new Oilers GM Stan Bowman and CEO Jeff Jackson, who moved Ceci and a third to the Sharks but did not retain any salary.

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If #LetsGoOilers match both offer sheets, can be cap compliant to start year by:

-Kane to LTIR $5.125M
-1 player $801K+ Cap Hit in minors (Brown, Emberson, Ryan, etc)https://t.co/onpGRVAQKN https://t.co/IDeqimEwkp
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