I really think this team trades their first at the deadline.
Their problem is figuring out how to win trades for some of their pieces as well, as losing a trade involving their awesome 'future' isn't going to bode well for Bob.
They don't think, and they definitely don't want their fans to think, that this 1st is in the lottery. The West being as awful as it is has will be a curse for the Oilers, as I don't doubt that things look 'doable' at the TDL
I picture some big Oiler trades, and then a handful of teams in the West turning it on to finish the season.
All the trades will be lauded as great deals, and maybe we see another insane contract to lock up whatever rental just clicked with McDavid. But this team likely finishes bottom 3 in the West, likely back to a cap-crunch and likely with more questions than answers after a TDL massacre
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