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Originally Posted by Philly06Cup

Ignoring contracts, the Oilers just got better. They added a proven top line player to play with McDavid/Drai. This makes them a better hockey team.



Hyman is the highest priced forward they could get, and they got him. Thats also a win for the Oilers. They needed to be competitive in the next 4 years to entice Mc/Drai to re-sign. Anything to increase the chances Mc/Drai re-sign is a huge win.



Years 4-7 of the contract might be bad value, but it's a good deal overall that makes sense given their contention window.

Yeah the top line gets better, but by how much?

Hyman is probably gonna be lights out playing with McAvi, but so was Alex Chaison, so was Kassian for a while, lots of guys have been.

Instead of paying some plug $2M to score 15-20 goals, you're now playing Hyman >$5 M to score 25-30 goals. Are those 10 goals worth $3M? Could you not get those goals elsewhere for cheaper, like say on your bottom 6 or your defense? Or maybe spend that money to prevent goals?

So yeah, Hyman makes their top line better. But, they've improved the one area that didn't need improving, and eaten up money that could be spent in areas that do need to be improved.