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Top 10 Oilers stories of 2025: #10 — Contract negotiations rubbed Dylan Holloway ‘the wrong way’
Edmonton Oilers St. Louis Blues Dylan Holloway
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Zach Laing
Dec 25, 2025, 13:00 ESTUpdated: Dec 24, 2025, 16:06 EST
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Welcome to Oilersnation’s top 10 stories of the year, where we count down the most-read stories you, the reader, clicked on in 2025. 
This story dates back to early September, over a year after Dylan Holloway signed his offer sheet to leave the Edmonton Oilers and join the St. Louis Blues.
With what had been a successful first season in The Lou, Holloway was on The Cam and Strick podcast, where he talked about how contract negotiations had gone with the Oilers prior to the offer sheet.
Here’s some of what Scott Maxwell wrote about the appearance, including Holloway’s quote:
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.”
While there had been much pondering last season about whether or not the Oilers made the right move in walking away from Holloway and Philip Broberg, things have seemingly worked out fine for Edmonton. Not only did they make it to the Stanley Cup Final last season, the players the Oilers acquired to offset them — Vasily Podkolzin and Ty Emberson — have fit in well in Edmonton for a fraction of what Holloway and Broberg would’ve cost the Oilers had they matched.
Holloway, who makes $2.29-million, appeared in 33 games so far this season, scoring eight goals and 17 points, and is up to 34 goals and 80 points in 110 games with the Blues. Podkolzin has put up nine goals and 16 points in 38 games this year, and is up to 18 goals and 35 points in 137 games.
Broberg, meanwhile, is making $4.58-million, and has two goals and 12 points in 38 games this year, and 10 goals and 41 points in 106 games. Emberson, who’s doesn’t have the same offensive upside, has a goal and seven points in 33 games this year, and three goals and 20 points in 109 games in Edmonton.
Zach Laing is Oilersnation’s managing editor, senior columnist, and The Nation Network’s news director. He also makes up one-half of the Daily Faceoff DFS Hockey Report. He can be followed on X at @zjlaing, or reached by email at zach.laing@bettercollective.com.

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