How Edmonton Oilers’ Front Office Decisions Secretly Undermined Their Championship Hopes
Let’s start with the 2024 moves highlighted by the St. Louis Blues’ offer sheets to Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway. These two players were drafted and are being developed by the Edmonton Oilers. Management mishandled the development process for both players leading into the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs. However, both players were effective for the Oilers during their run to the 2024 Stanley Cup Final, especially Broberg, who ate up minutes on the backend and played solid defence.
The first order of business for incoming General Manager Stan Bowman is to evaluate those players without even knowing them. He decided to take the assets and let two players walk. Instead of Jackson signing Viktor Arvidsson and Jeff Skinner, the first order of business would have been to sign Broberg and Holloway to deals and then figure out the rest. That is what good general managers or good management teams do.
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