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Welcome to today's news and rumors rundown
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We start in Edmonton where the Broberg against Holloway saga has finally come to an end
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Both players are now St. Louis Blues as the Oilers decided not to match the offer sheets
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presented to them a week ago. According to Broberg's agent Darren Ferris there were multiple teams prepared to tender an offer sheet
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but only St. Louis pulled the trigger. And there's also lots of talk about whether the Blues were trying to hurt the Oilers with the offer sheets
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but insiders like Andrew Strickland and Jeremy Rutherford are reporting this was strictly about landing the players
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GM Doug Armstrong has said that he would have even done it even if his friend Ken Holland was still in charge
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We finish in Montreal with more on the Patrick Lani trade. The Blue Jackets sent his full capit to the Canadians and the deal ultimately went through
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because they were willing to take the full contract with no salary retention. As for Lani some wondered if he was keen on playing the hockey man market like Montreal
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Turns out he is pumped about it saying that he didn't require too much convincing and that he really wanted to go to Montreal
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And that's it for this edition of the News and Rumors Rundown
