People talk about Draisaitl only having one good season. However, he's only had one seven game stretch -- Round 2 against Anaheim -- where he's actually produced without McDavid (it's probably safe to say the Ducks were more focussed on shutting down McDavid's line -- which they did). I bet if Draisaitl doesn't put up 13 points in those 7 games, he's looking at 8 x $7M, maybe $8 x $7.5M.
Regardless of what kind of player he becomes, that seven game stretch probably cost the Oilers an extra $1-1.5M per season.
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