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<\/p>\n
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So what does Dylan Holloway’s next contract look like?<\/p>\n
So what does Dylan Holloway’s next contract look like?<\/p>\n
It’s an interesting conversation to have for the twenty-four-year-old, who can become a restricted free agent on July 1st.<\/p>\n
It’s an interesting conversation to have for the twenty-four-year-old, who can become a restricted free agent on July 1st.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
It’s just a question of what his contract looks like.<\/p>\n
It’s just a question of what his contract looks like.<\/p>\n
He’s gonna get a contract.<\/p>\n
He’s gonna get a contract.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Problem is there’s been some injuries there.<\/p>\n
Problem is there’s been some injuries there.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
That’s just my two cents on that.<\/p>\n
That’s just my two cents on that.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
And, and how could you be?<\/p>\n
And, and how could you be?<\/p>\n
I mean, it w- it was a s- pretty serious injury.<\/p>\n
I mean, it w- it was a s- pretty serious injury.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
Another fluky, unfortunate thing that happened, but there it is.<\/p>\n
Another fluky, unfortunate thing that happened, but there it is.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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?<\/p>\n
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?<\/p>\n
Or do you sign Holloway?<\/p>\n
Or do you sign Holloway?<\/p>\n
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”?<\/p>\n
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”?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
He’s standing right there neck and neck, sixth overall in the league with a couple of known commodities, Nathan MacKinnon and Macklin Celebrini.<\/p>\n
He’s standing right there neck and neck, sixth overall in the league with a couple of known commodities, Nathan MacKinnon and Macklin Celebrini.<\/p>\n
It’s pretty darn good company to be in.<\/p>\n
It’s pretty darn good company to be in.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
You’re talking max years and pretty high dollars.<\/p>\n
You’re talking max years and pretty high dollars.<\/p>\n
Do the Blues wanna take that risk?<\/p>\n
Do the Blues wanna take that risk?<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
And as the cap goes up in two, three years, you’re gonna be paying out more money.<\/p>\n
And as the cap goes up in two, three years, you’re gonna be paying out more money.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
But like I said, the only certainty is here that Dylan Holloway will be playing for the Blues.<\/p>\n
But like I said, the only certainty is here that Dylan Holloway will be playing for the Blues.<\/p>\n
He’s not gonna be playing for anybody else.<\/p>\n
He’s not gonna be playing for anybody else.<\/p>\n
He’s not getting traded.<\/p>\n
He’s not getting traded.<\/p>\n
the Blues are not going to allow him to sign an offer sheet with anybody else.<\/p>\n
the Blues are not going to allow him to sign an offer sheet with anybody else.<\/p>\n
It’s not gonna happen.<\/p>\n
It’s not gonna happen.<\/p>\n
So they fully are interested, invest- in-invested in this player.<\/p>\n
So they fully are interested, invest- in-invested in this player.<\/p>\n
They were two years ago, they are now.<\/p>\n
They were two years ago, they are now.<\/p>\n
It’ll just be interesting to see what sort of decision the s- the two sides make when it comes to that next contract.<\/p>\n
It’ll just be interesting to see what sort of decision the s- the two sides make when it comes to that next contract.<\/p>\n