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Originally Posted by ben voyonsdonc
If the Oilers plan to keep McDavid, they’ll be paying him $15 mil plus when he is in his mid-late 30s. Draisaitl will be at least $12 million I expect.
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If NM is likely looking at 14+ next year, I fail to see DrySaddle getting much less. Not that I see him as anywhere as good as NM, but unless his performance drops off substantially, there will definitely be teams with enough space to decide to go all in. I know they are trying to pre-cope up the highway by convincing themselves he won't want much more, but he's at times been as big or a bigger part of the Oilers wins as the Conna, while making 1/3rd less money than him. He's going to get paid, and the body of work from up north is that if he is staying pissy, it will be with an early extension that overpays, because Holland makes his worst deals when he's negotiating against himself.
And I am extremely doubtful Conner take less than max or near max on his next contract. It will be his final big money deal, and he will know he has the oilers over a barrel.