It’s quite obvious at this point that it was a mistake for the Edmonton Oilers to lose both Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg to the St. Louis Blues by way of offer sheets. Now just over a year removed from those offer sheets, both Holloway and Broberg had excellent years with the Blues last season, and would have been nice to have on the Oilers’ roster playing at that level against the Florida Panthers. And apparently Holloway also wishes that things could have worked out with Edmonton. Holloway spoke with The Cam and Strick Podcast on Tuesday about last summer’s contract talks with the Oilers, and how disappointed he was in Edmonton’s efforts to retain him.
“It rubbed me the wrong way how little Edmonton thought of me in our contract negotiations. I’m an Alberta boy, I wanted to go back to a team we went so far with, but as soon as Edmonton didn’t reciprocate that feeling, I was all in on St. Louis.”
As a result of the failed talks with Edmonton, Holloway exercised his rights as a restricted free agent and agreed to a two-year contract with a $2,290,457 cap hit with the Blues. With the Oilers opting to not agree to the same terms, they got a 2025 third-round pick in compensation for the offer sheet, which they used to draft Kamloops Blazers winger Tommy Lafreniere.
Holloway has since significantly exceeded the value of his contract thanks to a breakout 2024-25 campaign with the Blues, which saw him get 26 goals and 37 assists for 63 points in 77 games. He had previously only had gotten nine points in a season with the Oilers, although he had begun to show signs of his progress with five goals and seven points during the Oilers’ 2024 run to the Stanley Cup Final.
Holloway is entering the final year of his two-year deal this season, and will once again be a restricted free agent in the summer of 2026. According to
AFP Analytics, he’s projected to get a four-year contract with a $7,905,307 cap hit on his next deal.
