[CaptainCrunch]

Like I said before and the more I think about it the more I think its true.

At the start of these negotiations most people had a figure of 11 to 12 million per year for McDavid, Oiler fans had under 10 million.

Then the whole 13.25 talk started, caused by leaks. Panic ensued in Oiler land, while other fan bases laughed and laughed and laughed.

Then McDavid come in at 12.5. A pretty small 3/4 of a million below the 13.5. Suddenly the message changed.

Oiler fans. "OMG what a awesome guy, we got a home town discount" they said. "What a humble great guy, but that Draisaitl, what an ahole" other Oiler fans said. "Like a Vipa" said K-Lowe and Chia simultaneously.

Meanwhile other fan bases said "That's a great deal, I can't believe that he took a discount".

Its the power of suggestion, when is a discount not a discount? When you use the media to sell an increase over an original estimation as a decrease of the higher rumor.

We've been duped, conned, flimflammed, snookered, used, deceived and smarmed.

Basically there was a leak that promised a unicorn, instead they got a horse, its a nice horse to be sure, but its a horse, and everyone is happy because they didn't get a unicorn.