McDavid was never the problem, every team in the league would take that "problem" no questions asked. Also, RNH and Eberle could be removed from that line-up without equal money coming back, imo.
Their real screw up was Lucic, that was an absurd signing for a team with a generational talent and a 3rd overall Centre coming up for $10mil+ and $6mil+ contracts. Just dumb, dumb, dumb. They should have been studying the Penguins and Blackhawks of the last decade and understanding that's the type of team structure that fell into their lap and to build accordingly, dummy.
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