St. Louis Blues' Robert Thomas was with several Edmonton Oilers players when offer sheet news broke
Robert Thomas of the St. Louis Blues was with several members of the Edmonton Oilers when his GM gave offer sheets to Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg
Talk about what must have been an incredibly awkward moment! One of the biggest moments of the 2024 NHL offseason was when the St. Louis Blues added Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway from the Edmonton Oilers by way of offer sheets In August. It turns out one of the members of the St. Louis Blues just happened to be with several members of the Edmonton Oilers, including stars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl when the news of the offer sheets first broke.
During a Q&A session with reporters, St. Louis Blues alternate captain Robert Thomas was asked about the successful offer sheets. He revealed that he was with Edmonton Oilers players when news of the offer sheets started coming through on their phones. Thomas called it awkward, and said the Oilers' players he was with weren't too happy with Blues GM Doug Armstrong.
Edmonton Oilers GM Stan Bowman threw some shade at the St. Louis Blues and his former players this week saying Doug Armstrong overpaid with the offer sheets. He also rejected any notion that it was the Oilers fault.
"The way it's being portrayed is also a little bit unfair, that the Oilers were doing some sort of poor-faith negotiating. If you look at both those players, based on their performance, there's lots of comparable players that have signed this summer and recent years."
Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway joined the St. Louis Blues with Broberg getting a two-year contract with a $4.5 million AAV, while Holloway received an AAV of $2.2 million for two years.
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10 SEPTEMBRE | 81 ANSWERS St. Louis Blues' Robert Thomas was with several Edmonton Oilers players when offer sheet news broke Do you think it would be awkward for an offersheet to come in while with Connor McDavid and many other Edmonton Oilers | ||
| Yes | 27 | 33.3 % |
| No | 38 | 46.9 % |
| That would've been awkward | 16 | 19.8 % |
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