If they could cash in right they could get multiple good pieces and could feasibly recover some of their forward depth/talent in a season or two and actually support mcdavid. But this is the oilers, and they'd instead do a 1 for 1 sans picks for a straight up worse player if they did deal him. They're not interested enough in futures, just patching immediate holes so they can sell a narrative of an impending championship for another few months until people realize they just got worse.
The top half of that roster can't take another gouging of talent or it's going to spur a long period of losing/recovery again. Chiarelli needs a few big wins to actually get that team on an upward trajectory like it actually may have been pre-trade of eberle and I dont think he has the chops to pull it off.
Which, of course, is great.
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