After Monday’s NHL Trade Deadline came and went, the Edmonton Oilers added two players. Picking up Brett Kulak from the Montreal Canadiens to improve their blue line depth and then adding Derick Brassard in a second deal meant to offer some forward depth, Holland did what he could with little money and little in the way of assets to send the other way.
Holland addressed the media after the smoke had cleared and talked about why he made the moves he did, and perhaps even more importantly, why he didn’t make other moves. Using just over $600K of cap space to add two assets, reactions are mixed, but a good chunk of the fan base believes Holland did an acceptable job.
All in all, it sounds like Holland would have done more if he could have, but limited funds wrote the narrative of how the deadline went down for the franchise.
The Experience of Derick Brassard
Holland noted that he was pleased with both trades because the Canadiens and Flyers each retained 50% of the salaries of the…
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