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Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction
Unfortunately, if the Oilers did decide to shake things up, I could see a Draisitl and Debrincat-Fleury swap. The Oilers would still have to free up some cap though.
Another team to watch is the Ranger. For how well they are doing, they have a lot of cap space. Guys like Lafreniere and Kakko have high upside but could be expendable to get back a proven player.
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I am not sure that improves the Oilers. You’d basically swap out high end guys to play with McDavid, except that Draisaitl gives a second line centre option (that they refuse to implement when the going gets tough). So they still wind up being a one line team. And MAF is 37 - that’s a big gamble.
Plus they can’t afford it - that’s $13.4 coming in and $8.5 going out.