Forward who overcame torn abductor muscle, high ankle sprain within past year, set to become restricted free agent July 1, but unlike Philip Broberg, Doug Armstrong more open-ended regarding 24-year-old’s contract
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So what does Dylan Holloway’s next contract look like?
So what does Dylan Holloway’s next contract look like?
It’s an interesting conversation to have for the twenty-four-year-old, who can become a restricted free agent on July 1st.
It’s an interesting conversation to have for the twenty-four-year-old, who can become a restricted free agent on July 1st.
I think we can say with conviction, with one hundred percent certainty of one thing, Dylan Holloway is gonna be playing for the St. Louis Blues.
I think we can say with conviction, with one hundred percent certainty of one thing, Dylan Holloway is gonna be playing for the St. Louis Blues.
It’s just a question of what his contract looks like.
It’s just a question of what his contract looks like.
He’s gonna get a contract.
He’s gonna get a contract.
during his time here in St. Louis, which has encompassed, what, two years after signing the offer sheet from the Edmonton Oilers and becoming a Blue now playing two years, he’s put up exceptional numbers in the, in, in the games that he’s been able to play.
during his time here in St. Louis, which has encompassed, what, two years after signing the offer sheet from the Edmonton Oilers and becoming a Blue now playing two years, he’s put up exceptional numbers in the, in, in the games that he’s been able to play.
Problem is there’s been some injuries there.
Problem is there’s been some injuries there.
The torn abductor muscle, which obviously is one of those fluke injuries, it really derailed what was a fantastic year for him, and in my opinion, was the wild card that kept the Blues, from winning that first round series against the Winnipeg Jets last year.
The torn abductor muscle, which obviously is one of those fluke injuries, it really derailed what was a fantastic year for him, and in my opinion, was the wild card that kept the Blues, from winning that first round series against the Winnipeg Jets last year.
That’s just my two cents on that.
That’s just my two cents on that.
but then there was also You know, he’s coming back from that, which I don’t think he was completely healthy starting off the season from that.
but then there was also You know, he’s coming back from that, which I don’t think he was completely healthy starting off the season from that.
And, and how could you be?
And, and how could you be?
I mean, it w- it was a s- pretty serious injury.
I mean, it w- it was a s- pretty serious injury.
Started off the season slow, like a lot of, a lot of the players did, and the team just wasn’t playing all that well early in the year.
Started off the season slow, like a lot of, a lot of the players did, and the team just wasn’t playing all that well early in the year.
But then on middle, mid, middle through of December, December 14th to be exact, I was looking right at it, high ankle sprain, drill in practice, Pavel Buchnevich took him out.
But then on middle, mid, middle through of December, December 14th to be exact, I was looking right at it, high ankle sprain, drill in practice, Pavel Buchnevich took him out.
Another fluky, unfortunate thing that happened, but there it is.
Another fluky, unfortunate thing that happened, but there it is.
I mean, from a management perspective and the Blues, they’re looking at a guy that, they haven’t had for a full eighty-two game season yet.
I mean, from a management perspective and the Blues, they’re looking at a guy that, they haven’t had for a full eighty-two game season yet.
So do you sign him to a longer term contract like the Blues did back in January, January 10th to be exact, with Philip Broberg, six years, forty-eight million dollars?
So do you sign him to a longer term contract like the Blues did back in January, January 10th to be exact, with Philip Broberg, six years, forty-eight million dollars?
Or do you sign Holloway?
Or do you sign Holloway?
Do the two sides come together on a bridge deal and say, “Hey, prove it to us for a couple of two, three years, and then we’ll revisit, we’ll revisit it again, when he can, be-become eligible to be an unrestricted free agent when he’s twenty-seven years old”?
Do the two sides come together on a bridge deal and say, “Hey, prove it to us for a couple of two, three years, and then we’ll revisit, we’ll revisit it again, when he can, be-become eligible to be an unrestricted free agent when he’s twenty-seven years old”?
If you do that, and if this player stays healthy and continues that climb and that ascension up the ladder of impacting games, putting up numbers like he did, I mean, thirty-four points in the twenty-five games post-Olympic break.
If you do that, and if this player stays healthy and continues that climb and that ascension up the ladder of impacting games, putting up numbers like he did, I mean, thirty-four points in the twenty-five games post-Olympic break.
He’s standing right there neck and neck, sixth overall in the league with a couple of known commodities, Nathan MacKinnon and Macklin Celebrini.
He’s standing right there neck and neck, sixth overall in the league with a couple of known commodities, Nathan MacKinnon and Macklin Celebrini.
It’s pretty darn good company to be in.
It’s pretty darn good company to be in.
If he can put up numbers like that on a regular basis, if you sign him to a bridge deal, you’re probably talking about a max contract when he becomes a UFA.
If he can put up numbers like that on a regular basis, if you sign him to a bridge deal, you’re probably talking about a max contract when he becomes a UFA.
You’re talking max years and pretty high dollars.
You’re talking max years and pretty high dollars.
Do the Blues wanna take that risk?
Do the Blues wanna take that risk?
If you sign him to a longer term extension now, it’s probably gonna look like a really, really, really good deal as it matures.
If you sign him to a longer term extension now, it’s probably gonna look like a really, really, really good deal as it matures.
And as the cap goes up in two, three years, you’re gonna be paying out more money.
And as the cap goes up in two, three years, you’re gonna be paying out more money.
So these are the options that both the team and the player are gonna have to weigh, and they will come to some sort of a conclusion.
So these are the options that both the team and the player are gonna have to weigh, and they will come to some sort of a conclusion.
But like I said, the only certainty is here that Dylan Holloway will be playing for the Blues.
But like I said, the only certainty is here that Dylan Holloway will be playing for the Blues.
He’s not gonna be playing for anybody else.
He’s not gonna be playing for anybody else.
He’s not getting traded.
He’s not getting traded.
the Blues are not going to allow him to sign an offer sheet with anybody else.
the Blues are not going to allow him to sign an offer sheet with anybody else.
It’s not gonna happen.
It’s not gonna happen.
So they fully are interested, invest- in-invested in this player.
So they fully are interested, invest- in-invested in this player.
They were two years ago, they are now.
They were two years ago, they are now.
It’ll just be interesting to see what sort of decision the s- the two sides make when it comes to that next contract.
It’ll just be interesting to see what sort of decision the s- the two sides make when it comes to that next contract.