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Former Oilers Holloway and Broberg playing key roles in Blues’ late-season surge

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11.04.2025
The Edmonton Oilers and St. Louis Blues are set to battle on April 9 at Rogers Place, having met twice already this season, with the Oilers winning both games. Yet, this upcoming matchup has a slightly different feel—the Oilers will be without several key players, most notably Connor McDavid, who registered a combined five points in the previous two meetings, while the Blues have been on fire since the 4 Nations Face-off, with an 18-3-2 record since.

This season, tension between the two teams has heated up, driven by the Blues’ offseason offer sheeting of former Oilers Dylan Holloway and Philip Broberg last summer. Of course, the Oilers chose not to match, receiving two draft picks as compensation—a 2025 third-rounder for Holloway and a 2025 second-rounder for Broberg, and the latter was traded to the Boston Bruins in a deal to acquire Trent Frederic, the main piece coming back, who recently made his Oilers debut but is now out of the lineup with a re-aggravated injury.

That said, unless you’ve been without internet service since the start of the season, it’s no secret that both Holloway and Broberg have been lighting it up with their new team. With that in mind, we’ll look at their impact this season below, and consider yourself warned—if seeing former Oilers succeed outside of Oil Country hits a nerve, this might not sit too well.

Dylan Holloway

Dylan Holloway played in 28 regular season games with the Oilers last year, but it was in the playoffs that he started to shine. Playing alongside Leon Draisaitl mostly, Holloway scored five goals, including a few that made it onto highlight reels.

One of his biggest moments was when he scored the opening goal in a crucial Game 6 against the Vancouver Canucks in the second round, with Edmonton going on to win both Game 6 and Game 7. Overall, the speedy forward was starting to show the potential that made him a first-round pick, with his blend of speed, size, skill, and gritty style of play.

dylan holloway opens the scoring with an absolute beauty. pic.twitter.com/A8M84c9p05

— zach (@zjlaing) May 19,........

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