Slowest 3rd line in the league

AZ not trading a guy they just signed
they also have a lot of middle 6 W and not a lot of D

I'm not a fan of burying Broberg. He's ready.

It's a one year bounce back deal it literally the whole point of it is to possibly trade him a tdl same with zucker

maybe so but waiting till TDL or mid season AZ can get better return from 'contender' struggling or a major D injury.

Oh for sure edm wouldn't do this anyways

That's exactly why both parties agreed to a 1 year contract. It is so Arizona can trade Dumba at the deadline to a contender for some futures (picks or young players). And Dumba wants to go to a contender at the deadline. He signed a 1-yr prove it contract to show off and get traded to a contender. and if they don't trade him, Dumba goes back to UFA next summer when the cap goes up and teams have more money to offer him. He didn't get the offers he wanted this summer because everyone was up against the cap, so he took the best 1 year offer he could get with the knowledge he'd either get traded at the deadline or would hit the open market again next summer.

I should have given a description to clarify. I see all these deals as deadline acquisitions. Blue sky form an Oilers fan would be that Toews and Kane sign with Chicago right at the deadline for league minimum caps, then trade them to Edmonton with 50% retained. Then their caps would be $387,500 each. Sign and Trade Agreement reached as part of them signing with Chicago prior to signing. Then Edmonton would send a couple picks or players for them. Bourgault and a 2nd round pick?

Yeah, neither am I. I also considered trading Kulak, but having both going into the playoffs might be a good idea in case of injury. If the playoffs started today, Kulak would be playing ahead of Broberg, but I'm hoping that Broberg supplants Kulak this season before Xmas.