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Originally Posted by Textcritic
Crosby's/Malkin's first Cup win occurred while Malkin was still on his ELC and their last two happened with both playing on back-diving contracts that are now illegal.
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Malkin isnt on a back diving contract his current 8 year deal pays him an an average $9.5M per season which at the time of the signing was market value for a player like Malkin even though Crosby still has a cap hit of only $8.7M. Kessle's cap hit of $6.8M dollar brings the trio's total cap hit to $25M. So with McDavid at $12.5M if Draisaitl's cap hit is $8M, the oilers would need to hope to get one more elite offensive forward at a cost of less than $4.5M to be paying less than Pittsburg is paying for their top 3 Fwds, and even then Crosby/Malkin>mcdavid/Draisaitl. After that they would also need the supporting cast of home grown talent that Pittsburg has for support/depth. It's not impossible, but a lot of things would need to go right for the oilers for it to happen. Not to mention the pens don't have anchor contracts like Lucic's and RNH's keeping them up against the cap.