Brian Burke's crazy comments on past Oilers offer sheet
The recent news of two offer sheets heading to the Oilers brought back old memories of Brian Burke's crazy comments against former Oilers general manager Kevin Lowe who offer sheeted Dustin Penner in 2007.
During the summer of 2007, the Edmonton Oilers had signed Anaheim Ducks forward Dustin Penner to a five-year deal worth $21.25 million. This offer sheet sent waves across the league as it was unexpected and during that time the salary cap was around a year old and was standing around 48 million dollars. This offer sheet pushed Anaheim over the limit and put significant strain.
This offer sheet sent a firestorm of crazy comments from former Anaheim Ducks general manager Brian Burke who could not believe that this was done, especially to him.
The hate grew between Lowe and Burke which was later revealed by Burke stating that Lowe challenged him to a fight at a barn in Lake Placid NY. As the story grew and appeared to be coming to fruition, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman called Burke and told him that if they were to fight that he was going to suspend them indefinitely.
Offer sheets have not been the most ideal way to get players from other teams. Most general managers go through the trade path to find a mutual agreement between the parties to land the player they're looking for.
The Anaheim Ducks ended up getting three draft picks out of this deal which were the Oilers first, second, and 3rd round draft picks in 20008. The players ended up being Jake Gardiner who was then moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Justin Schultz and Marc Andre Bergeron.
Penner played four seasons with the Oilers who was then traded to the Los Angeles Kings at the 2011 trade deadline. The first rounder that was given in that deal became Oskar Klefbom.
Safe to say that summer certainly set the bar for many years. But they still exist and now the Oilers face a difficult choice as they have seven days to decide on whether they should match the offers or let Holloway and Broberg go for draft picks.
Source : ESPN.com
Oilers sign Penner to five-year, $21.25M offer sheet
Source OilersNation.com
Edmonton Oilers Retrospective: The Dustin Penner Offer Sheet
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