The St. Louis Blues signed defenseman Philip Broberg and forward Dylan Holloway to two-year contracts Tuesday after the Edmonton Oilers declined to match the offer sheets for the restricted free agents.
Broberg signed for a total of $9.16 million and Holloway $4.58 million. The Blues sent second- and third-round picks to Edmonton as compensation.
Blues general manager Doug Armstrong defended the rarely used move of issuing offer sheets by saying, “If there is a GM code not to do offer sheets...