Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg talk
Jeremy Rutherford and Dom Luszczyszyn of The Athletic: Yes, it’s time to talk about possible contract extensions. This time it’s Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg. Contract comparisons, current and future production and fit all play a role. The combined cost for the two players is $6.87 million through the end of the 2025-2026 season.
However, there is one problem. The next contract for both will skyrocket that number. How much is still a bit of guesswork? On the other hand, double or more is a possibility. Holloway has 63 points in 79 games at the time of writing. In the meantime, Broberg has developed into a reliable Top 4 defender that Edmonton can use right now.
Others look at the analysis value and get serious sticker shock (11+ million). Holloway’s realistic points-based value puts this in the $7-$8 million range. St. Louis currently has a cap of $8.125 million for its players. Will they go a little higher given the salary cap?
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As for Broberg, this is going to be intriguing. The market value approaches $9.5 to $10 million, while the realistic value is close to $7 million. Broberg pushed himself to keep getting better. The results were seductive and noticeable to everyone. Even when Colton Parayko was injured, Broberg continued to improve. Doug Armstrong knows the checkbook will have to be opened up considerably.
Mike Matheson and the Killjoys
Eric Engels from Sportsnet: It was a surprise to see Mike Matheson driving like the rest of Montreal’s playmakers this season. Even with a different role, Matheson is a killjoy in his own way. He makes the ordinary game that turns into the extraordinary.
With younger talent around him, the 32-year-old defender continues to find ways to evolve and help the youth. Mentoring is one thing, but showing an example is quite another. Matheson offers that and much more on a game-by-game basis. Once the experience of this change came, he got better and better.
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Matheson is in the final year of his deal, paying AAV $4.85 million. With salary cap dynamics changing, what is his value to Montreal here? He works, works and works. That makes it difficult to keep him, but even more painful to lose. Matheson is simply his own version of a killjoy.
Without him, Montreal’s game could be ruined.
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