Oilers fan poster amazing_oilers made an appearance on CP today, and it gave me the opportunity to review some of his past work...
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Originally Posted by 2macinnis2
...if I were an Oilers fan I'd be terrified [McDavid] will leave, and obviously the earliest that happens is when he's 25. That's probably closer to 50-50. A 50% chance my team will return to being perennial lottery ballers in just a few years would scare me...
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Originally Posted by amazing_oilers
Haha come on. Players don't like playing at home it comes with way too much baggage and extra distractions. As for being fearful of him leaving not a chance. Edmonton has a rich owner, the nicest building in the league, and is a budding contender. Him and Draisaitl will both get long term deals. No advantage to him leaving until the team goes into the next rebuild cycle. (In a decade)
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Well, that was fast. Rebuild v. 5.0 looks like it could be happening remarkably sooner than the next decade.
Prescient stuff.