What if YOU were the general manager of the Edmonton Oilers? On today’s episode of Locked On Oilers, host Nick Zararis takes you through a detailed “what-if” scenario for the summer of 2024 and how the Oilers could have avoided losing Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg.

We break down how poor roster management, offer sheet missteps, and short-term thinking cost Edmonton two young, cost-controlled players. From Ken Holland’s lame-duck final season to Jeff Jackson’s interim stint and Stan Bowman’s arrival, we cover the decisions that shaped the Oilers’ future.

Nick walks through the alternative moves he would have made including passing on Jeff Skinner and Victor Arvidsson, keeping Holloway and Broberg, and restructuring the bottom six plus how these choices could have impacted Connor McDavid, Leon Draisaitl, Zach Hyman, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, and the Oilers’ Stanley Cup window.

5:10 Ken Holland's lame duck GM situation

15:20 Keeping Holloway instead of signing Skinner

20:26 Value of analyzing team transactions

If I Was GM: How the Edmonton Oilers Could Have Kept Dylan Holloway & Philip Broberg

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