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Originally Posted by tsquared1967
Cap will take a hit this summer when Draisaitl get $6.5 million AAV. Then McDavid will cost $10.5 million AAV after next year. They will need someone to step up and take a contract (Eberle or Nugent-Hopkins to be traded).
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The only way that the Oilers get a 10.4 million dollar deal is on a shorter term deal.
He's played himself into max cap space now. I think the lowest he gets is 12 million bucks, he's going to feel a lot of NHLPA pressure to set the marker for the next generation of star players.
Draisaitl is probably going to get about 7 million.
In this day and age of most teams being near the cap, nobody is going to take RNH's contract straight across, he's not worth 6 million bucks. Its likely that the Oilers will either have to eat a share of his contract, or take a contract back.
I would think that Maroon has probably played himself to a 4 to 4.5 million demand if he has another season like this one.
IF the Oilers resign all three to about 23 million dollar contract, they going to become a pretty shallow team, like worse then they are now.
That's why next year is their window to try to win a cup.