St. Louis Blues Take Subtle Shot At The Edmonton Oilers Over Loss Of Philip Broberg And Dylan Holloway

With the NHL Draft now concluded free agency is quickly approaching and teams are making their final moves to prepare.

Today, the St. Louis Blues made a major move keeping backup goaltender Joel Hofer in town on a two-year contract extension.

The deal allows the Blues to avoid Hofer heading to free agency as a restricted free agent.

After the move was announced the Blues decided to take a subtle shot at the Oilers with a post on social media.

After making the signing official the Blues made a post on social media captioned «Joel Hofer won't be subject to offer sheets after signing a two-year contract extension worth $6.8 million ($3.4 million AAV).»

This post seemed to be a clear shot at the Edmonton Oilers who lost both Philip Broberg and Dylan Holloway to offer sheets from the St. Louis Blues last season.

Both players would go on to sign with the Blues and have successful seasons taking major steps forward in their career development.

This call out from the Blues led social media into a frenzy reacting to the troll toward the Oilers.

With free agency around the corner, the Oilers could open themselves up to yet another offer sheet with Evan Bouchard still unsigned at the moment.

As free agency comes closer, it will be interesting to see if the Oilers can avoid repeating their mistakes from last season on a much larger scale with Bouchard.