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Old 08-01-2017, 04:05 PM   #7768
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They can hope all they want, I dont see it being that low. Lower than Monahan? What kind of comparables would they be using to justify that?
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I fixed that for you.

Imagine having a $9.5M 50 point player on your books for 8 years.

Now that would be delicious.
And that is why the Oilers have to be very careful what they pay Draisaitl. If they believe he's living off McDavid, they don't pay him big dollars. They sign a bridge and make him show he can score on his own. If they pay him that big salary and he becomes that 50-60 point player, its a disaster the team will struggle to recover from. I see a bridge coming. Too much risk in paying him that much dough without knowing his production was not a result of McJesus.
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