Is Broberg a player you build around?

[Pierre McGuire]

Imagine this team without Broberg…..pretty frightening

[smilinjoefission]

The beauty is he only cost us a 2nd round and around $4.5m per x 2. The worst thing that can happen is paying him before the market dictates his price, meaning let him go RFA, see if someone offer sheets him, if they do and the price is around what you wanted, match and move on. If not, take the picks and move on. Army has a fetish for overpayment, that is a concern with Broberg and Holloway.

[theograce]

Imagine this team without Broberg…..pretty frightening

Imagine the 2007ish teams without Brewer when he was logging monster minutes

[theograce]

The beauty is he only cost us a 2nd round and around $4.5m per x 2. The worst thing that can happen is paying him before the market dictates his price, meaning let him go RFA, see if someone offer sheets him, if they do and the price is around what you wanted, match and move on. If not, take the picks and move on. Army has a fetish for overpayment, that is a concern with Broberg and Holloway.

Nobody will offer sheet him

[theograce]

Petro struggled with consistency his first few years and really up until 2019.

2019? Lol. He will never be a pietrangelo defensively/hockey iq/leadership.

[Harry S Deals]

Imagine this team without Broberg…..pretty frightening

He's already one of the best defenders in the NHL and he is on a team with really bad goaltending and very little offense from it's forwards. He's just scratching the surface

[theograce]

He's already one of the best defenders in the NHL

You’re such a troll lol

[The Average Gatsby]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

[DawgDad]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

None, pending contract demands.

[theograce]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

Making him earn what he’s asking for. It’s not a tough concept

[The Average Gatsby]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

Making him earn what he’s asking for. It’s not a tough concept

I understand what you’re saying. I just think it’s dumb. Signing him long term now is probably in the blues interest with the cap sharply rising over the next few years.

[theograce]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

Making him earn what he’s asking for. It’s not a tough concept

I understand what you’re saying. I just think it’s dumb. Signing him long term now is probably in the blues interest with the cap sharply rising over the next few years.

I mean it’s easy to say probably when it’s not your 60 million. I agree you should lock up talent, but this guy hasn’t proven it to me. Armstrong already overpaid him to get him here

[Bluesfan1978]

Petro struggled with consistency his first few years and really up until 2019.

2019? Lol. He will never be a pietrangelo defensively/hockey iq/leadership.

LOL, what's so funny?

[theograce]

Petro struggled with consistency his first few years and really up until 2019.

2019? Lol. He will never be a pietrangelo defensively/hockey iq/leadership.

LOL, what's so funny?

That you think he struggled with consistency until he was 29ish years old.

[The Average Gatsby]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

Making him earn what he’s asking for. It’s not a tough concept

I understand what you’re saying. I just think it’s dumb. Signing him long term now is probably in the blues interest with the cap sharply rising over the next few years.

I mean it’s easy to say probably when it’s not your 60 million. I agree you should lock up talent, but this guy hasn’t proven it to me. Armstrong already overpaid him to get him here

Army absolutely did not overpay him to get him here. Broberg is worth every penny of his current deal and getting him for a 2nd rounder was a steal. Army made a bet on Broberg’s talent and impact to this team and that bet paid off.

[theograce]

This whole premise seems pretty stupid to me. If you have an opportunity to sign a good, youngish defenseman to a reasonable contract with term then you should do it. He’s young enough that a long term deal will only take him into his early 30’s so what’s the issue here?

Making him earn what he’s asking for. It’s not a tough concept

I understand what you’re saying. I just think it’s dumb. Signing him long term now is probably in the blues interest with the cap sharply rising over the next few years.

I mean it’s easy to say probably when it’s not your 60 million. I agree you should lock up talent, but this guy hasn’t proven it to me. Armstrong already overpaid him to get him here

Army absolutely did not overpay him to get him here. Broberg is worth every penny of his current deal

Of course he did. He didn’t earn that 10 mil. You can say he has after the fact…but at the time he didn’t.