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Old 05-11-2017, 11:42 PM   #6180
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Originally Posted by 2macinnis2 View Post
Actually, I said if I were an Oilers fan I'd be terrified he's he will leave, and obviously the earliest that happens is when he's 25. That's probably closer to 50-50. A 50% chance my team will return to being perennial lottery ballers in just a few years would scare me.

I think odds are significantly better than not that he plays much of his prime elsewhere. The chances he plays his whole career in Edmonton are probably closer to single digits.

If he was a kid from Western Canada I'd feel differently. But he's not. and it won't help the Oilers that the league and PA will probably ultimately do whatever it takes to make him feel comfortable and not traitorous (and certainly not villify him) about a move.
other than baseless speculation, what are you basing it on? that sweet picture?
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